DA to write to AG as MEC Creecy misses consolidated financial statements deadline
1 November 2016
The DA will write to the Auditor General of South Africa (AG) to obtain a copy of the Gauteng Provincial Government’s consolidated provincial financial statement, which Finance MEC, Barbara Creecy failed to table in the Legislature within the prescribed timeframe.
According to Section 19(1) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Creecy had up until yesterday, 31 October 2016, to present the Legislature with the consolidated report, which gives an overall review of the provincial government’s performance for the past financial year.
In the 2014/15 financial year, for which the consolidated report was never tabled before its due date either, the GPG’s received a qualified audit opinion from the Auditor General.
The AG found that that the GPG racked up billions in accruals, legal liabilities, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure.