Teixeira calls for special audit of Health Ministry HQ construction

The Ministry of Health’s head office while under construction in 2022

In relation to the  Ministry of Health’s Headquarters’  construction  originally valued at $356.826 million, PPP/C Member of Parliament Gail Teixeira has urged a special audit of the project.

She was speaking during a recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting where the 2019 Auditor General’s report for the Health Ministry was under review.

Teixeira, also the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance,  expressed concerns about potential irregularities in the procurement and construction processes, emphasizing the need for scrutiny to ascertain whether mistakes or other factors contributed to contractors being paid for incomplete work. The PAC endorsed her recommendation.