A NUMBER OF QUESTIONABLE financial transactions at the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) have been highlighted by Auditor General Leigh Trotman in his latest report.
They include the BWA having made a number of payments for goods and services, but not having received them.
In a section dealing with follow-up reports, it was noted that in May 2010, approval was granted for three BWA officials to participate in a Utilities Best Practice United Kingdom Study Tour from July 10-17 of that year.
A company, which was not named, was paid $31 500 for coordinating and facilitating the tour, while tickets valued $10 708.03 were also purchased from a travel agency.
In response to Trotman’s concerns, the BWA said: “The tour was eventually cancelled. The records show that [one] individual has not refunded the allowances paid to him. There is no evidence to suggest that the [company which facilitated the tour] has refunded the fees of $31 500 and efforts to contact them proved futile since their phone contact information went out of service.” (ES)
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