Auditor General Highlights Deficiencies In Negeri Sukma Programme

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The Auditor-General’s Report 2018 Series 3 has criticised the management of the Malaysia Games programme under the Negeri Sembilan Sports Council.SEREMBAN: The management of the Malaysia Games (Sukma) programme under the Negeri Sembilan Sports Council was not carried out efficiently, prudently and effectively as a whole.
This resulted in unachieved output targets in terms of gold medal achievement.
This was stated in the Auditor-General’s Report 2018 Series 3 regarding the management of activities by departments, agencies and government companies in Negeri Sembilan. The report was tabled in the state assembly today.
“From the aspect of programme management, the implementation is less efficient because there are weaknesses in the selection of athletes and the appointment of the coaches. Payment of allowances do not follow the set rules.
“Payment management did not follow financial procedures, resulting in cases of overpaid allowances,” the report said.
The report also stated that the corporate governance at Mains Hotel Sdn Bhd (MHSB) was unsatisfactory and the company’s financial position was unstable despite recording profits in 2018 due to sale of assets.
It said the initial planning of the Negeri Sembilan Public Works Department (JKR) to implement three bridge replacement projects, from 2016 to 2019, could not be achieved. Only one project could be completed while the other two were still ongoing as at July 2019.
The report said the financial position of the state government is strong, with the Consolidated Fund amounting to RM875.03 million at the end of 2019 – an increase of RM187.27 million compared to RM687.76 million at the end of 2018.
It also said that from the 16 financial statements submitted by state agencies, two – the Negeri Sembilan Sports Council and the Negeri Sembilan Public Library Corp – were confirmed and given opinions without reprimand. The remaining 14 are still being audited.
The report said arrears for the Negeri Sembilan Development Corp’s rental revenue, amounting to RM425,193, could not be collected from 17 tenants because of the absence of valid agreements.
To enable corrective action to be taken by the relevant department heads, the National Audit Department has submitted 13 audit recommendations in the 2018 Auditor-General’s Report on activities of departments, agencies and companies.
It has also given 10 audit recommendations in the 2019 report on the financial statements and compliance by the state government and its agencies. - FMT

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