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Auditor General Mr. Deodat Sharma, on Monday, September 20, 2021, handed over the Auditor General’s Report for the fiscal year ended 2020 to the Hon. Manzoor Nadir, M.P., Speaker of the National Assembly.

The Report was handed over days before the customary September deadline.

This is in accordance with Article 223 (3) of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, which states that ‘the Auditor General shall submit his or her audit reports to the Speaker of the National Assembly, who shall cause them to be laid before the National Assembly.’

The Report will be made public after it is tabled at the next Sitting of the National Assembly.

Present at the handing over ceremony were Hon. Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, Hon. Dharamkumar Seeraj, M.P., Hon. Dr. Vishwa D.B. Mahadeo, M.P., Hon. Jermaine Figueria, M.P., Hon Ganesh Mahaipaul, M.P., Hon. Juretha Fernandes, M.P., Mr. Sherlock Isaacs, Clerk of the National Assembly, Ms. Deslyn West, Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly (ag) and senior staff members from the Auditor General’s Office, Finance Ministry and the Parliament Office.