The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) not to repeat the decisions that bypass the process of Central Tender Board (CTB).
This issue emerged as a result of awarding of a contract job worth SBD$800,000 to a private accounting firm to carry out the audit report on the accounts of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) for year 2015 and 2016.
OAG revealed that the same company that did the audit report for Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) was handpicked to do the report for SIPA.
OAG said that the reasons for not going through the process of the CTB were due to the urgency of the work.
Thus, OAG resort to handpick the firm by seeking the consent of the Minister for Finance and Treasury, as well as his Permanent Secretary (PS).
Moreover, OAG revealed that the audit report of SIPA for 2015 was complete and there is no issues of mismanagement of funds.
But for 2016 audit report, it still pending the opinion from the Auditor General after it was completed, thus, it would be made available soon, one of the director within the OAG added.
By AATAI JOHN
