Amid the alleged irregularities in the sale of National Food Authority's buffer stocks to private traders, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered an audit of the agency's rice stocks disposition since 2019.In a news release on Saturday, the Department of Agriculture said Tiu Laurel tasked the agency's Internal Audit Service to conduct the examination of NFA's rice stocks.
"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," the Agriculture chief said."We want to see if there is a pattern of rice disposition that is disadvantageous to the government," he said.
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