The government yesterday announced that the second audit conducted by local consortium VHE of US$7.3b in ExxonMobil expenses is expected to be finalized today.
“I spoke with (Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Godfrey) Statia on the report. He told me that by tomorrow, he is going to finalize the second audit. Once the report is finalized we can move forward from there,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disclosed. Last week Stabroek News had asked Jagdeo for information on the audit after checks with the GRA and the Ministry of Natural Resources proved futile.
While both government and the GRA had remained mum on the status of the second cost oil audit which had been criticised over the quality of its work and because VHE was awarded a contract to conduct the third audit even though the second one was still to be completed, APNU+AFC parliamentarian David Patterson added his voice to the issue.
