{"id":183824,"date":"2014-12-17T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-s-auditor-general-reports-corrupt-figures\/"},"modified":"2014-12-17T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:01:00","slug":"sudan-s-auditor-general-reports-corrupt-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-auditor-general-reports-corrupt-figures","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s auditor-general reports ‘corrupt figures’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sudanese auditor-general has reported “corrupt figures” in the accounts of the Ministry of Guidance and Endowment, diplomatic missions abroad, the country’s states, and the oil sector.<\/p>\n

In his report to the national parliament on Monday, Auditor-General El Taher Abdelgayoum revealed that financial abuses were detected at the Ministry of Guidance and Endowment, diplomatic missions abroad, and the states.<\/p>\n

During the period between September 2013 and September 2014, an amount of SDG337 million ($58.403 mn) was excluded from the Ministry\u2019s budget. About SDG22 million ($3.812 mn) spent by diplomatic missions abroad was not accounted for.<\/p>\n

In many of the Sudanese states, the post \u201csocial support\u201d made up 50 percent of the total expenses. Red Sea state, for instance, spent SDG1.4 million ($242,624) on bonuses for state officials during the latest audit cycle.<\/p>\n

Oil sector<\/strong><\/p>\n

The auditor stated that 61 percent of the 196 oil companies operating in Sudan evade tax.<\/p>\n

He also accused the Ministry of Finance, and the Sudanese Oil Foundation of spending raw oil revenues to repay a Chinese loan for the Khartoum refinery without keeping accounts. Furthermore, he revealed a mismatch in the oil accounts in the period 1996-2012, pointing to an amount of $628 billion that was classified as \u201coperating expenses\u201d.<\/p>\n

On 14 December, Radio Dabanga quoted economist Prof Hamid Eltigani Ali, who stated that the revenues of about 249 oil wells are not deposited in the public treasury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn reality, the total of oil revenues amount to $250 million, rather than the $70 million that appears in the financial reports. There must be about $180 million circulating outside the public treasury,\u201d Prof Ali said.<\/p>\n

File photo<\/em><\/p>\n

Related: <\/em>\u2018Sudan\u2019s economy collapsed, 2015 budget fake\u2019: economist<\/a> (14 December 2014)<\/p>\n

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