By Simon Nare
The parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has been briefed on the systemic failures within the National Lottery Commission (NLC), which facilitated widespread corruption and irregular expenditure, effectively creating a free-for-all environment.
Speaking before the committee on Tuesday, NLC commissioner Jodi Scholtz highlighted severe shortcomings in the system, including rampant dereliction of duty among employees, a lack of accountability, and inadequate management.
During the NLC’s appearance to brief Parliament on its audit outcomes, Scholtz revealed that the commission had to overhaul its accounting policy.
Additionally, the chief finance officer and her team undertook a comprehensive review of all grant transactions to ensure alignment and compliance.
“We mapped all the processes; we have introduced the new system for grants. This had a lot of programming interfaces. We have separated this into a module approach to make it easier to engage with the NLC,” she said.
“In terms of
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