03 Dec 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The previous administration spent over MVR74 million (US$4.7 million) without evaluating tenders and MVR6.8 million without a bidding process, according to the home ministry’s audit report for 2016.
Among the institutions that function under the ministry, the Maldives Police Service spent MVR39.6 million on buying vehicles, uniforms and other items for police stations without evaluating tenders whilst the Maldives Correctional Services spent MVR16 million for a prefabricated steel jail and MVR4 million on teaching religious studies to inmates.
The home ministry spent more than MVR2.5 million without a tendering process.
All the funds were used with the finance ministry’s authorisation with the exception of MVR2 million spent on the design and concrete framework for a rehabilitation centre in Maafushi prison.
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