The Public Accounts Committee has raised concern about certain issues that have been detected in the Government Supplies Department after an assessment of the 2007 Auditor General's Report.

It has been revealed that a contractor owed the department a sum of $111,396 for materials supplied and the amount has been outstanding for more than a year at the time of the audit.

Accounts Committee member, Taufa Vakatale said they are concerned that the amount is still outstanding after they conducted their check.

The committee has also revealed that items valued at $27,477 were transferred from the Seaqaqa stores but were not recorded in the Inventory Register.

The committee said this is also a concern as the failure to record the items ran the risk of loss or theft without detection.
Meanwhile Public Accounts Committee has raised concern on how the government paid for a Fiji Sports Council loan which was taken from the Fiji National Provident Fund back in 2002.

In it's latest report on the 2007 accounts, the Accounts Committee said the government as the guarantor was forced to pay Fiji Sports Council's debt to FNPF with the initial payment of $321,000.

Accounts Committee member, Taufa Vakatale said the problem is that there was no loan agreement between the Fiji Sports Council and the government for the 'bailing out' effort by the government.