Aweil state official investigated for spending

The Aweil State Minister of Finance is being investigated for recent spending, a local official tells Radio Tamazuj.

The Aweil State Minister of Finance is being investigated for recent spending, a local official tells Radio Tamazuj.

Angok Maadi, the deputy chairperson of a committee to review spending from Northern Bahr El Ghazal said that four vehicles, several generators, and other office furniture have been taken from the Lol state government. The Minister of Finance bought one of the vehicles, he said. 

“Yesterday we opened a case against those who bought these vehicles. We opened the case against the minister of finance,” Angok said. “What we want from him is to tell us who sold the vehicle so we can track him.”

Angok said earlier this year that those complicit in the sale of missing assets would be punished.

Radio Tamazuj was unble to reach the Minister of Finance, along with other officials from Aweil State.