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The job of procuring vehicles for government bodies
whose budget comes from the federal government has
been transferred from the Transport Authority to the
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED).
The decision was made by the Prime Minister's
office, which evaluated a study presented to it by
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Sufian
Ahmed. The study covered the subject of the demand
for vehicles by newly established government
entities, mostly universities.
The study was conducted after the Council of
Ministers decided to exclude the request for
vehicles by new entities from the 2009/10 budget,
suggesting that their demand be met from excess
vehicles available in other entities.
MoFED was delegated to find out how many spare
government vehicles were available nationwide. six
months later it returned with the report that it was
only able to find 10 extra vehicles from each of the
ministries of Finance and Economic Development,
Health, Education and Water Resources.
These ministries will be instructed to deliver the
50 vehicles by a letter that Berhanu Adelo, head of
the Prime Minister's office, is expected to write,
according to a source in MoFED.
The demand, however, is for 700 vehicles. MoFED has
been instructed to purchase the remaining 650
vehicles not covered by the available 50.
MoFED has assigned responsibility for the task to
its procurement agency. An official at the ministry
had earlier told Fortune that the money for
the new vehicles would come from the contingency
salary reserve, amounting to 750 million Br, in the
2009/10 budget.
MoFED's survey has indicated that there are 5,000
vehicles in various government bodies, but most of
the vehicles are said to be old. |
