Audit finds CSC members splurged 50 percent over budget on trips
21 Dec 2011, 4:47 PM
Hawwa Lubna
Civil Service Commission (CSC) members paid their mobile phone bills out of the commission’s budget illegally, according to the CSC audit report for 2010.
In the report published on Tuesday, Auditor General Ibrahim Niyaz noted that under the article 20 of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Act, the salary and benefits of the five commission members must be determined by the People’s Majlis (parliament).
However, he revealed that the members phone bills were paid in 2010 without parliament’s approval and in violation of the CSC Act.
Therefore, the amount paid for phone bills must be reimbursed the to the state’s consolidated revenue account, the Auditor General told the commission members. The report does not specify the total amount spent on phone bills.
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