PAC RECOVERS13.5B

By Josephine W. Lagawo

(232news)

Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) who is also the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hon Ibrahim Tawa Conteh revealed that the committee was able to work with the National Revenue Authority (NRA) in terms of recovering 13.5Bn of under payment for under value taxation for 2024.

Hon Conteh made this statement this past Tuesday February 17 when the Deputy Chairman of the committee Hon PC Desmond Kangobai table the Auditor’s General report of 2023.

According to him it shows that parliament and the committees are doing good work and their good work is deepening.

He went on to say that PAC with the attachment recovered the sum of 24. 25499.86, they were able to deduct and settle outstanding royalty of the sum of US$ 750.000.

According to him, the committee was able to resolve 60% of the issues raised in the 2023 audit report on account of MDAs, 42% of issues from the councils were resolved.

He advised other committees in parliament to work on unresolved issues and use the report with regards issues that were either resolved or not as it re-echoes the work of Parliament.