Contract for foreign currency payment missing - AG

The Auditor General has not found any contract signed for a private company that was engaged by the Ministry of Education for the payment of allowances in foreign currencies to students in countries where there were no Botswana Diplomatic Missions.

In his report, that was released this week for the year ended March 2009, the Auditor General said therefore he was not aware of the duration of the engagement and how much money the company was paid.

He said he had drawn the attention of the accounting officer to the matter and had not received her comments by the time of writing the report for the year ended March 2009.

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