THE High Court yesterday dismissed the National Social
Security Authority (Nssa) audit report saying the auditors must review and set
aside issues to deal with former board chairperson Robin Vela.
This comes after Vela dragged BDO Zimbabwe Chartered
Accountants to court arguing that the audit was biased.
In his ruling, High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora
ordered the Auditor-General to pay the costs saying the report must be
reviewed.
The forensic audit of Nssa for the period January 1, 2015
to February 28, 2018 produced on behalf of the auditor-general of Zimbabwe by
BDO Chartered Accountants be reviewed and set aside in all those respects that
pertain, whether directly and or indirectly to the applicant.
“Costs of suit shall be borne by the second respondent on
the higher sale of legal practitioner and client scale.” Chinamora said the
audit report contains many inaccuracies.
“As I found that the investigation leading to the report
was biased and that the auditors did not apply their minds to issues before
them, I do not propose to deal in detail with the other grounds raised by the
applicant. At any rate, I believe that there have been sufficiently covered in
my judgment.
“It is worth emphasising that the inaccuracies in the
report speak to failure to apply one’s mind to the issues for determination
before it,” the court said. Daily News
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