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Grange distance self from INSPORTS breaches
Grange distance self from INSPORTS breaches
Published: Friday November 18, 2011 | 8:42 am Comments 0
Youth and sports minister Olivia Grange. ( File photo).
Debbie-Ann Wright, Assistant News Editor
The Gleaner/Power 106 News Centre
Sports minister Olivia Grange is seeking to distance herself and the sports ministry from alleged breaches at the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS).
In a report released this week, Auditor General Pamela Monroe-Ellis said her department uncovered worrying irregularities at INSPORTS including overpayments to 12 of 14 staff members who were appraised.
The report also indicated INSPORTS’ administrative director, Ian Andrews, unilaterally reclassified 13 of 14 appraised staff positions.
In a release last evening, Grange stated that the special audit was commissioned after the ministry asked the Auditor General’s Department, to look into some transactions at INSPORTS about which it was concerned.
She said the report is therefore the result of the ministry’s effort to find and eliminate weaknesses in its systems, that might facilitate breaches of the financial management regulations.
Grange charged that the breaches highlighted are indicative of the mess she inherited when the new administration came to power.
She informed that the board met yesterday and agreed to establish the necessary committees to deal with the transformation of the entity.
The board has also reportedly asked the management to give a detailed response to the Special Audit Report.
debbie-ann.wright@gleanerjm.com
Published: Friday November 18, 2011 | 8:42 am Comments 0
Youth and sports minister Olivia Grange. ( File photo).
Debbie-Ann Wright, Assistant News Editor
The Gleaner/Power 106 News Centre
Sports minister Olivia Grange is seeking to distance herself and the sports ministry from alleged breaches at the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS).
In a report released this week, Auditor General Pamela Monroe-Ellis said her department uncovered worrying irregularities at INSPORTS including overpayments to 12 of 14 staff members who were appraised.
The report also indicated INSPORTS’ administrative director, Ian Andrews, unilaterally reclassified 13 of 14 appraised staff positions.
In a release last evening, Grange stated that the special audit was commissioned after the ministry asked the Auditor General’s Department, to look into some transactions at INSPORTS about which it was concerned.
She said the report is therefore the result of the ministry’s effort to find and eliminate weaknesses in its systems, that might facilitate breaches of the financial management regulations.
Grange charged that the breaches highlighted are indicative of the mess she inherited when the new administration came to power.
She informed that the board met yesterday and agreed to establish the necessary committees to deal with the transformation of the entity.
The board has also reportedly asked the management to give a detailed response to the Special Audit Report.
debbie-ann.wright@gleanerjm.com
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