Jordan: The office of the Prime Minister of Jordan recently updated that the Minister of State for Prime Minister Affairs, Dr Ibrahim Al-Jazzy, chaired the meeting of the volume of appeals discussed during the team meeting held at the Prime Minister’s House on Monday.
According to the recent updates, the meeting was held in the attending of the Secretary General of Prime Minister Abdul Latif Al-Najdawi and the Chairman of the Proxy Accounting Board and Secretary General of the Al-Diwan Ibrahim Al-Magali (128) has been observed since October 1st of 2022 and last February.
Furthermore, the team in charge of reviewing the explanations of the Audit Board discussed all the clarifications and control books that the Audit Office has observed during the past five months and took all necessary measures to correct them accordingly.
On his part, Minister, Jazzy clarified after the meeting that all the appeals and control books discussed for the past five months did not require any referral to the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission or the judiciary. He also asserted that the team had taken the necessary steps to correct them properly and addressed the concerned parties to close these expositions immediately.
Moreover, Al-Jazzy revealed that many of the clarifications and supervision books included administrative and technical notes in governmental tenders, whether during the issuing or receiving stages or in violation of the agreed time period for receiving them.
As per the reports, explanations also included – according to the Gazette – disbursement of funds such as bonuses, compensation, expenses, advancements and various incentives in some institutions without taking into account the window systems, as well as compromising of well-deserved amounts of money as fees, allowances and dues to the treasury, non-matching of exchange bonds with actual deposits, and non-payment of financial guarantees as due and others.
Along with this, violations in the use of government vehicles, payment of fuel allowances, neglect of the activation of the electronic tracking system on government vehicles in some institutions were noted, as well as administrative violations related to the duplication of work and promotions of employees and their occupation of supervisory sites illegally.
During the end of the meeting, Al-Jazzy confirmed the team would continue to review the appeals and control books periodically, ensuring their correction and limiting violations occurring.
