Grain Loan Records Missing
The government has no records on the utilisation of its Grain Loan Scheme, according to a report released this week by Auditor-General and Comptroller Eric Harid.
According to the report, no records exist showing how many people received grain under the scheme, the quantities involved and how much was repaid.
In the report, Harid slams the lack of guidelines to govern the operation of the scheme.
"Consequently, records of quantity of grain lent, grain recovered and grain outstanding were not made available for audit examination and there was no list of beneficiaries produced," he says.
According to reports in the state-controlled media, the government loaned out 161,581 tonnes of grain worth $390 million to drought-prone Masvingo's seven districts at the inception of the scheme in the 1995-96 agricultural season.
Most of the grain was never repaid. There are no statistics available on other provinces.
The government has no records on the utilisation of its Grain Loan Scheme, according to a report released this week by Auditor-General and Comptroller Eric Harid.
According to the report, no records exist showing how many people received grain under the scheme, the quantities involved and how much was repaid.
In the report, Harid slams the lack of guidelines to govern the operation of the scheme.
"Consequently, records of quantity of grain lent, grain recovered and grain outstanding were not made available for audit examination and there was no list of beneficiaries produced," he says.
According to reports in the state-controlled media, the government loaned out 161,581 tonnes of grain worth $390 million to drought-prone Masvingo's seven districts at the inception of the scheme in the 1995-96 agricultural season.
Most of the grain was never repaid. There are no statistics available on other provinces.