(Eagle News) — Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate is seeking a probe into the alleged irregularities in the Department of Health’s P8.1-billion school-based Barangay Health Station–TSEKAP project.
In asking the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to conduct the probe, Zarate said the “people ended up with nothing but half-finished, dilapidated and unusable BHS.”
Zarate also noted that the Commission on Audit red-flagged the project, saying it was “obstructed by ineligible and non-workable project sites that were not fully validated before project contracting and implementation due to absence of specific guidelines.”
“There is an urgent need for Congress to investigate the issue as such irregular projects and programs take away billions of pesos intended for the much-needed health services and harm the interest of the people,” he said.