SEREMBAN, Nov 27 — The management of the Malaysia Games (Sukma) programme under the Negeri Sembilan Sports Council, was not carried out efficiently, prudently and effectively as a whole, which resulted in unachieved output targets in terms of gold medal achievement.
This was stated in the Auditor General’s Report (AGR) 2018 Series 3 regarding the management of department/agency activities and Negeri Sembilan government companies, tabled in the State Legislative Assembly today.
“From the aspect of programme management, the implementation is less efficient because there are weaknesses in the selection of athletes and the appointment of the coaches as well as the payment of allowances that do not follow the set rules.
“Payment management did not follow financial procedures resulting in cases of overpaid allowances,” the report said.
The report also stated that the corporate governance at MAINS Hotel Sdn Bhd (MHSB) was unsatisfactory and the company’s financial position was unstable despite recording profit in 2018, due to sale of assets.
Apart from that, the initial planning of the Negeri Sembilan Public Works Department (JKR) to implement three bridge replacement projects for the period of 2016 to 2019, could not be achieved, when only one project could be completed while the other two are still ongoing as of July 2019.
The report said that the financial position of the state government is strong with the consolidated balance of the Consolidated Fund amounting to RM875.03 million at the end of 2019, an increase of RM187.27 million, compared to RM687.76 million at the end of 2018.
The report also mentioned that from the 16 financial statements submitted by state agencies, two of them, namely the Negeri Sembilan Sports Council and the Negeri Sembilan Public Library Corporation, were confirmed and given opinions without reprimand and the remaining 14 are still being audited.
The report stated that the arrears of the Negeri Sembilan Development Corporation’s rental revenue amounting to RM425,193 could not be collected from 17 tenants due to the absence of valid agreements.
To enable corrective and improvement action to be taken by the relevant department heads, the National Audit Department has submitted 13 audit recommendations in 2018 AGR on activities of departments/ agencies and companies as well as 10 audit recommendations in 2019 AGR on state government and agencies financial statements and compliance.
— Bernama
