Investigate Owwa for missing P21 million – Migrants group
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
Next time overseas Filipino workers complain that they are not
benefitting from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA),
they will know at least one reason why: their contributions might have
been pocketed by corrupt officials.
The OFW group Migrante International has called attention to a recent
report of the Commission on Audit that the OWWA’s overseas officers
have failed to remit more than P21 million ($488,372) in collections to
OWWA’s Land Bank- Manila dollar account during the last 10 years. This
prompted the group to call for an “immediate independent investigation”
of the OWWA and its personnel both here and in offices abroad.
Migrante’s chairman Garry Martinez said the audit should include
investigations into the performance and financial transactions of Owwa
officials including members of the Board of Trustees.
The COA said the multi-million remittance failure has put the Owwa
funds at risk of misappropriation. In its 2010 report on the agency, the
audit authority said the dollar and euro collections from various
foreign posts amounting to P21.587 million ($488,372) has been
un-remitted “for a long period of time.” These funds comprise fees
collected under the Owwa’s voluntary membership program. The program
funds are intended for the immediate use of OFWs and their families for
emergency concerns and related needs.
According to reports from the CoA, the overseas-based officers of
Owwa are required to remit their monthly collections to the Owwa Land
Bank-Manila dollar account not later than the fifth day of the following
month. When the audit agency went through the Owwa’s records, however,
it discovered that a staggering P21.587($488,372) million had not been
remitted for periods ranging from one to 10 years.
The CoA 2010 report on the Owwa said that several of the officers who
had the responsibility to remit the collections remain in service: but
four have absconded or are absent without leave. In the meantime,
another 10 have already resigned or moved to another agency. The audit
agency also discovered that collections from Switzerland from October
2007 to December 2010 were remitted by an employee of the Department of
Labor and Employment..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/25/investigate-owwa-for-missing-p21-million-migrants-group/
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P21 milyon ang hindi na.remit sa owwa land bank sa loob ng 10 taon! bale panahon ni gloria AT ni abs. tingnan n'yo nga ginawa ninyo, mga estups na nagpunta sa edsa 2????? ilang buhay siguro ang naiayos kung may sapat na pondong nagamit ang owwa para sa kapakanan ng mga ofws
"The OFW group Migrante International has called attention to a recent report of the Commission on Audit that the OWWA’s overseas officers have failed to remit more than P21 million ($488,372) in collections to OWWA’s Land Bank- Manila dollar account during the last 10 years. This prompted the group to call for an “immediate independent investigation” of the OWWA and its personnel both here and in offices abroad."
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