Improper Use of NDRRM Fund for Slope Protection Projects
Department of Public Works and Highways · 2024
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What Happened?
Category: Financial ManagementIssue: Non-complianceThe regional office used disaster funds to build new slope protection structures, even though the rules say disaster funds cannot be used for that type of work because those should come from regular budgets. The projects were labeled as rehabilitation, but no old structures actually existed, so they were really new construction.
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Original Audit Finding Excerpt
"36.25 Despite the explicit prohibition of the NDRRMC against using the NDDRM Fund for the new construction of auxiliary parts of the roads, such as slope protection projects, the RO proceeded with the procurement process and implementation of the said five slope protection projects under the aforementioned sub-allotment."