The wise bird will always be on the side of the people by way of giving them accurate and correct information.
As the wise bird is still turning the pages of the Audit Report of 2022 to see the irregularities in some government ministries and institutions, he can’t be tired.
Bra Parrot wasted no time to turn to page 185 with a caption GUMA VALLEY WATER COMPANY-2022, and with a sub-caption, ‘Analytical review of receivable balance’.
According to the report, the wise bird noticed that the company’s financial statement revealed that its trade receivable as of 31st December, 2022 stood at SLE 204, 198,369.2 which according to the report increased by 9.69% compared to the previous year’s figures.
However, according to the report it’s worth noting that, this amount includes debt totaling SLE 21.6million owed by government-owned institutions.
On page 186 of the same report, the wise bird noticed that, a sub-heading caption, ‘Delay in the payment of End-of-service benefit’.
According to the report service benefit totaled at SLE 13, 276,600 owed to 72 former members of staff of the GVWC.
Since 31st December 2017, the end of service benefits were not fully paid, the wise bird noticed that, only SLE 4,405,257 was paid remaining an outstanding balance of SLE 8,871,343.
The wise bird will continue to make a follow-up on the issue of payment of benefit made to deserving people.