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(LUSAKATIMES) PAC recommendations not acted on — AG

PAC recommendations not acted on — AG
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 10:24

AUDITOR General Anna Chifungula has said most recommendations by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have not been acted upon by relevant offices and have been outstanding for some time.

Ms Chifungula said in the 2008 report that most of the recommendations made before 2006, for instance, had either not been implemented or authorities had partially done so.

“In an effort to clear outstanding issues, PAC appointed a committee of officers from the Ministry of Finance, National Assembly and office of the Auditor General to deal exclusively with outstanding matters on a continuous basis.

“In this regard, in July 2009, the officers met to review the status of the outstanding issues. It was observed from their report that there had been little or no follow-up action,” she said.

Ms Chifungula said there was, therefore, need for controlling officers to promptly respond to the observations raised by the reports to implement recommendations of the PAC.

Other issues were the accounting irregularities at the Zambian High Commission in Lilongwe, Malawi, on the position on the Kabula Hill House from the report of the year ending December 31, 1995.

Ms Chifungula said the other unresolved issues were on whether K107 million had been recovered at the office of the district education board secretary in Chama District as recommended in the 2002 report.

From the financial year ending December 31, 2003, some outstanding issues were the revenue on the sale of Government pool houses, progress on the unaccounted for K49 million of the Ministry of Education in Luangwa, and whether the retirement documents in respect of K44 million for the ministry in Mongu had been traced.

Ms Chifungula said from the 2004 report, outstanding matters were on whether K1.3 billion had been recovered from the previous contractor for the construction of border facilities at Katima Mulilo.

Others are the irregularities in accounting of weigh bridge charges at Kafulafuta on the Kapiri-Mposhi-Ndola highway, and whether K446 million had been reimbursed as recommended in the 2005 report.

From the 2006 report, the follow up was on whether irregularities in accounting for the poverty reduction programme fund had been resolved.

[Times of Zambia]

Labels: ANNA CHIFUNGULA, PAC

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