THE Commission on Audit (COA) over the weekend described as “ineffective and inadequate” Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala’s handling of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel allocations from 28 lawmakers amounting to P 759.1 million in fiscal years 2011-2012.

“Ineffective and inadequate system in planning, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of projects funded from the [PDAF] by [the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture] resulted in non-assurance that the intended beneficiaries were the ones who indeed benefited from the projects, among others,” a COA report said.

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