NSWMA chief denies corruption probe triggered staff redeployment
Jul 28th, 2022 | Category: Special Reports | 23:24#JamaicaGleaner #NSWMA #Riverton #Garbage #AudleyGordon JULY 28, 2022: Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, at a press conference held Wednesday, July 27, has denied a claim by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis that two senior employees were transferred to the company’s head office after internal auditors unearthed anomalies at a regional subsidiary of the company in 2020. An internal audit report of the NSWMA, dated November 2020, stated that 165 cheques written to 154 contractors, totalling $32 million, for desilting works were lodged to two bank accounts belonging to an individual who was not party to these contracts. Monroe Ellis highlighted in her performance audit report, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, that following the internal
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