DA starts full audit on NFA’s rice deal practices

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The Department of Agriculture is launching a full audit of the National Food Authority’s rice management practices following the controversial sale of 75,000 bags of government rice buffer stocks to private traders worth an estimated P93.75 million.

“DA-NFA officials and personnel are directed to extend their full assistance and cooperation to DA-IAS to ensure the successful conduct of this audit,” he said. “We want to see if there is a pattern of rice disposition that is disadvantageous to the government,” the DA chief said.The audit coincides with the recent suspension of 139 NFA personnel, including administrator Roderico Bioco and assistant administrator John Robert Hermano, by the Ombudsman.

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