BTO�s UK office in shambles
Friday, September 16, 2016
According to a report presented to a Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and Public Enterprises this week, a BTO representative at the office works under an inconsistent employment contract while she has also undertaken some significant projects with third parties without expressed approval from superiors.
“An internal control environment on the operations of the UK BTO office is inadequate and for the most part controls are not in existence at all. The office’s internal controls covering areas such as procurement, financial management and reporting, performance management and monitoring, asset management and human resources have not been established,” read part of the report.
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