Picture: North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro
By BAKANG MOKOTO
The African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip in the North West Provincial Legislature, Paul Sebegoe on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of an independent investigators to assist provincial departments and public entities to fast track investigations into financial irregularities.
This comes after the North West Premier, Professor Tebogo Job Mokgoro’s response to questions asked by Sebegoe for an oral response on measures to tackle corruption during the special sitting of the Legislature held on Tuesday.
Mokgoro said that the project instituted by the Provincial Treasury has commenced and is in progress. He added that the new internal control models were introduced in the supply chain process to ensure the procurement complies with all laws and regulations.
“The compliance of the control environment is being monitored regularly by various stakeholders. Independent verification of the system for tenders valued above R10 million prior to awarding was introduced as from 1 April 2019 in order to reduce possible fraud or corruption in the procurement system.
“The roll out of risk management strategies in departments and entities by the Provincial Risk Management will pick up any possible gaps in the controls and other service delivery processes,” he said.
Mokgoro also pointed out that the province has pushed a drive to intensify the fight against fraud and corruption by raising awareness in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies and civil society and business. He added that the province has continued to promote whistleblowing as part of encouraging the public to report cases of fraud and corruption to the National Anti-Corruption number (0800 701 701)
Sebegoe said: “Consequence management introduced for non-compliance must be tracked, early warning systems put in place regularly monitored to ensure that service delivery happens without compromise of value for money and a systems bleed.”
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