COA says DOH had unspent P59 billion of 2020 budget
COA says DOH had unspent P59 billion of 2020 budget
PRESIDENT TRUSTED. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III
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The Commission on Audit says the unused funds would have made a difference in the government’s fight to stop the spread of COVID-19
As the country was in the thick of waging a war against COVID-19, government auditors were puzzled why Department of Health (DOH) did not touch P59.125 billion of its budget allotment in 2020.
That unspent amount was 29% of the DOH’s total 2020 budget of P200.855 billion, a war chest designed to deal with the national health crisis.
These findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) of the unspent funds was a separate audit finding from the P67 billion worth of DOH transactions that the state auditors also red-flagged.
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