Sugar Ministry, FSC In Spotlight For Alleged Misuse Of Funds
The Public Accounts Standing Committee will meet with the management of Fiji Sugar Corporation and Ministry of Sugar officials on alleged mismanagement of government grants.
Sunday 27 August 2023 | 16:44
Assistant Minister for Finance Esrom Immanuel with Auditors during their consultation in Lautoka this week on Performance Audit on the Monitoring of Implementation of the Sugarcane Development and Farmers Assistance Programme (PP No. 107 of 2021).
The Public Accounts Standing Committee will meet with the management of Fiji Sugar Corporation and Ministry of Sugar officials on alleged mismanagement of government grants.
These include:
- Certain forms not being available and procedures not in place
- Standing operating procedures for those grants were missing.
- Many weaknesses identified
- Funds were administered properly, especially for those who received those grants
- Unavailability of evaluation report to indicate whether the funding provided really materialised or assisted farmers
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These were highlighted by the Assistant Minister for Finance Esrom Immanuel who is also PAC chairman during consultations in Lautoka this week.
Discussions centred on Performance Audit on the Monitoring of Implementation of the Sugarcane Development and Farmers Assistance Programme (PP No. 107 of 2021).
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