Auditors to statistics board: Refund P1.8M

State auditors have told the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) to refund personnel cash incentive totaling P1.82 million after they found it “irregular, unauthorized, null and void.”

In a 2013 audit report, the Commission on Audit (COA) said the NSCB granted 125 personnel P1,819,434.45 Employees’ Welfare, Development and Performance Incentive (EWDPI) for 2013.