It’s a report that exudes an odor of scandal and which will have penalties for the political-administrative institution of Yaoundé. That is the Court docket’s report that has been leaked in latest hours on social networks. He lists dysfunctions and embezzlement within the administration of funds meant for the battle towards Covid-19 in Cameroon. Between price range overruns, escape from doubtful provider funds, amongst different issues, every little thing goes.
as reported from Yaoundé, Polycarp Essomba
The report is 32 pages lengthy and is in keeping with head-shifting denials.
For instance, whereas the federal government, via the Ministry of Analysis and Innovation, had introduced that it had the capability to regionally produce 5 million tablets of chloroquine and 5 million extra azithromycin, the report revealed that this exercise, budgeted at simply over 4 billion CFA francs, was really carried out by an Indian producer.
The tablets thus produced had been packaged solely as quickly as they had been acquired in Cameroon. An strategy which, the Court docket concludes, was opposite to the directions of the President of the Republic.
Concerning the improvement of quarantine facilities, the report signifies that fictitious orders and companies had been registered for an quantity similar to nearly 134 million CFA francs. The standards for deciding on service suppliers and the circumstances for awarding contracts are thought of opaque by the auditors. All of the issues that may have led to service suppliers being collected with questionable service objects. This progress report, which has been on Paul Baya’s desk since March 2021, covers a whole of 180 billion CFA francs.
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