Answers demanded for cheques written to ghost suppliers

Feb 19, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
It was appalling to read of financial irregularities at the Region 6 RDC (‘$72M in cheques written to ghost suppliers ‘ KN Feb15 2017).The person with the relevant responsibility for financial matters was hard pressed to provide plausible, acceptable answers when he appeared before the PAC recently.
How could cheques be cut for the full amount based solely upon the Tender Board award? What madness is this? This is an indictment on the entire administration of the Region and gives the impression this nonsense was being done a very long time. Further it begs the question, is due diligence being carried out on persons before they are appointed to these key positions in the regions?
In this particular case were the technical competencies of that person checked against the requirements of the position? Does that person have an accounting background? If he did then the financial breaches and irregularities found against him are highly suspect. If he did not have an accounting background then he is unsuitable for the position. Preparing cheques for suppliers that did not exist constitutes a criminal act and warrants disciplinary action. The explanation offered for doing this boggles the mind. To think the Regional officials would go to a serious meeting like the PAC with such a flimsy excuse is really pathetic.
Shamshun Mohamed

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