Region Seven failed to recover $2.3m in overpayments

REO Kerwin Ward (second from left, front row) and the Region 7 team during the PAC meeting.

-PAC hearing told

A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting two Mondays ago heard that the Regional Demo-cratic Council (RDC) of Region Seven has failed to recover approximately $2.329 million in overpayments made to contractors for several projects in the region.

The Auditor General’s 2019 Report highlighted that the region failed to recover a total of $2.387 million in overpayments made in 2017 and 2018.

According to the report, four projects have outstanding balances, and they are: Maintenance of the Duplex Living Quarters at Mongrippa Hill ($1.441 million), Maintenance of a shed at Beach View Nursery ($58,000), Main-tenance of the Bartica Secondary School ($564,000), and Main-tenance to the Doctor’s accommodation at the Regional Health Office, Bartica ($324,000).