PCJ - Unapproved Payments of Allowances Totalling $48.4 million

Auditor General's Findings

Reference is made to Case Study 7 of the Auditor General’s 2018 Review of Aspects of PCJ and a Comprehensive Audit of Petrojam Limited. Therein, it is noted that unapproved payments totaling $48.4 million over the 2015-16 to 2017-18 period were disbursed to PCJ employees.

Permanent Secretary (current): Carol Palmer

Breach Category: Resource Management

Permanent Secretary (at breach): Sancia Bennett Templer

Breach Type:

Status: Lagging

Last Assessed: December 9, 2022

Year Reported: 2018

Year Resolved:

JAMP Update

JAMP requested documentation to substantiate:-

1. whether retroactive approval from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has now been granted for these payments, and

2. if not, whether any PCJ employee has been surcharged.

We received a response from the MOFPS, indicating that “The Ministry wishes to advise you that it has not provided any retroactive approval(s) related to your request. Additionally, the Ministry does not have any documentation to substantiate that any employee of PCJ has been surcharged.”