Rari promises audited BOFEPUSU accounts in January

Tobokani Rari
Tobokani Rari

The secretary general of the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) Tobokani Rari has assured members that audited financials will be presented at the general council on January 23.

Rari, who has been federation’s SG for two terms, told The Monitor that it has taken a while for the audited financials to be done because the scope of the audit was broadened to go beyond 2012. The report, he said, would cover the period from 2007 to date. According to Rari, BOFEPUSU presented the unaudited financials at the February elective congress early this year, covering the period from 2012, and the participants were informed that the audited financials would be ready soon.

Rari dismissed allegations that some cheque leafs or chequebooks were missing or that some unauthorised persons continue to sign BOFEPUSU cheques.

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