Region Five received drug supplies months before payments made

Ovid Morrison

The 60th meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday revealed that 31 payment vouchers for drugs, totalling $3.8 million, had bill dates before the dates of the requisitions to purchase.

According to the 2019 Auditor General  (AG) report, this was an indication that standard procedures were not followed.

The report also noted  “twenty-two instances totalling $22.798m where bills attached to Payment Vouchers were not processed with “PAID” stamp.