AcGD rapped for not using $5m machine five years after purchase

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AcGD rapped for not using $5m machine five years after purchase

More than five years after the Accountant General’s Department (AcGD) spent $5 million to purchase a machine and software to print pensioners’ pay slips and life certificates, the agency has not derived any value for the money spent. This is...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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