Dear Editor,
Whenever one is faced with an explanation of what is going on at the Georgetown Municipality, the choice is always between incompetence, corruption and conspiracy. The latest news is that the Mayor and City Council has not had financial audits into its affairs for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
This is, according to its Internal Auditor, in complete violation of Chapter 28:01 of the Laws of Guyana which states, “The City Council and the Town Council shall, not later than the thirty-first day of March in every year, submit to the Minister a report in writing containing an account of all monies received, expended and applied during the preceding financial year.”
Of course, this is not the most shocking, unusual or monumental of revelations coming out of City Hall as everyone in Georgetown – except maybe for the 30 city fathers and mothers sitting around the horseshoe table – is well aware of this. But the question to be asked is, what work and tasks have the Internal Auditor and the not insignificant number of staff assigned to her, done for the last three years, since, according to her, the requisite documents were never submitted to her for auditing? Has the auditor and the…
