The city spent P7.9 million to employ those who lost their jobs, but examination of documents find questionable beneficiaries and if these people really worked at all.
State auditors flagged Davao City's P672.5 million worth of spending for its COVID-19 response, spotting multiple violations of audit and documentary rules, including a P7.9-million employment project that found questionable beneficiaries.
The head of the procuring entity of the city is presidential daughter Mayor Sara Duterte. The city told COA that Duterte had given her"verbal authorization" to her chief-of-staff. "As a necessary consequence, the lack of the Supplemental LDRRMFIP as mentioned above would render the utilization of the cash donations unauthorized, indicating that the management did not fully observe the cited provisions regarding the usage of the said fund," said COA.COA said the payments of these hazard pay to city employees lacked the necessary document authorizing such workers to physically report.
The local government said the office overlooked some of the documents because there was a"heavy influx" of paperwork that came their way when the operations of the city hall was disrupted.The city spent P24 million for construction, face masks, and other personal protective equipment , but it did so without fully complying to the documentary and required requirements under the Bayanihan law, including lacking a warranty clause.
"Normally, NFA rice is priced lower than commercial rice, making it more affordable especially to low-income-earning government agencies. Had the procurement of rice been sourced from the NFA, they could have saved money to be utilized for other benefits or increased the number of packs to be distributed to the intended beneficiaries," said COA.
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