Tsunami Funds a Disaster
10/10/08
The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has described the management of SBD$21 Million provided for the immediate relief assistance to Western Province and Choiseul after the earthquake and Tsunami disaster in April last year as “very poor.” The OAG comment is contained in an Audit Report into how the $21 Million provided for immediate relief assistance to the Tsunami victims was spent. The $21 Million was part of a total of SBD$39,972,023 funding assistance provided by the Solomon Islands Government, overseas donors, and from local donations. $338, 628 of the total amount came from unidentified donations, according to the Report. The OAG Report shows that at the time of the audit about $4 Million was still not utilized and the OAG 2008 June Report does not cover the $15 Million Solomon Islands Government assistance channelled through the nine (9) Western Province’s MPs and two (2) of the three (3) Choiseul MPs.
See: http://solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=2789
Tags: Aid, Environment, Solomon Islands