Over $1.992 billion was drawn from the Contingencies Fund during 2009 without meeting the requisite eligibility criteria, according to the most recent Auditor General’s report, which alighted upon the continued abuse of this fund by the government.
The 2009 Auditor General’s report, which was tabled yesterday in the National Assembly, said that “the Contingencies Fund continued to be abused with amounts totalling $1.992 billion drawn from the Fund being utilized to meet expenditure that did not meet