UPS has P61-M unutilized project funds from 3 agencies, says COA

The University of the Philippines System failed to use P61,360,410.20 sourced from the Department of Health , the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Council for Health Research and Development , and the Commission on Higher Education , the Commission on Audit reported.According to an audit report released Monday, July 4, UPS incurred zero percent utilization rates of funds given by CHED, DOH, and DOST-PCHRD, totalling to about P61 million in unused funds from these agencies.

From the DOH were funds amounting to P33,930,000 for two projects: “Procurement of Equipment for Covid-19 Biomolecular Surveillance with an allocated P28,930,000;” and “Procurement of Supplies, Consumables and Other COVID-19 testing-related needs in response to Covid-19” with an allocation of P5,000,000.

COA highlighted that the funds from the DOH and the DOST-PCHRD would have gone toward providing data and information which may have aided the government in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, UP incurred an unutilized balance percentage of 99 percent after COA found that the City of Manila had given UPS P5,000,000.00 for a project labeled “Plan Manila 2030.” UPS had only used P59,613.45 of the budget or one percent of the total.

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