THE Nkurenkuru Town Council says it has indeed obtained a dumpsite clearance certificate, despite an auditor general report stating otherwise.
This comes after the report for the year ended on 30 June 2019 shows that the council does not have a clearance certificate for the town’s dumpsite, and has no provision in place for the restoration of the site.
Speaking to The Namibian yesterday, Nkurenkuru mayor Jafet Muti said the audit report was not updated after the council secured a certificate clearance in 2020.
“The report by the auditor general was released without an update after we had a meeting with the auditor general notifying them that we have obtained the certificate,” he said.
Muti said the report does not reflect the truth, but acknowledged that the council did not have the certificate in place at the time the report was compiled.
He said people have been sneaking into the dumpsite since it was not guarded, but the council has since hired a security officer to guard the site.
Auditor general Junias Kandjeke has given the council an adverse opinion report after it found that no detailed fixed asset register was in place and that the council does not have a depreciation policy.
“Fixed assets additions amounting to N$14.84 million are disclosed in both the statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income, and two bank accounts are disclosed twice in the financial statements.
“A difference of over N$3 million was detected between the financial statement and the trial balance, comparative figures for the 2017/18 financial year not balancing with an amount of N$26.14 million,” the report says.
A difference amounting to N$31.2 million between revenue recorded in the statement of comprehensive income showed incomplete statements of cash flow, Kandjeke says.
He says the audit report’s 2017/18 previous financial statement closing balances do not match the 2018/19 financial statement.
Non-supporting documents for payables amounting to over N$4 million were not submitted for audit and non-disclosure of subsidy amounting to N$4.4 million either.
Meanwhile, an appropriation account closing balance amounting to N$18.13 million effected against debtors showed in the financial statement.
The provision for doubtful debts was disclosed as a current liability of N$14.8 million.
Kandjeke says “note 13” is in contradiction with International Financial Reporting Standards.
He says additionally, incorrect tariffs were used for refuse services and the non-submission of erven sale agreements.
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