Not much
surprising, the government does not have proper records of its own property across
the country.
"The
government offices have been operating from the rented houses, despite its property
across the country," complained the higher government officers during the second
PEFA evaluation meeting here today.
In most of
the districts, the government property has been misused, they reported the
finance minister Shankar Prasad Koirala.
The
government must look into the matter seriously and utilise its property, they
asked.
In response
to their request the minister asked them to immediately start record keeping of
the government property across the country.
"The
Finance Ministry will help them wholeheartedly," he said, adding that the
related agencies and officers must be made responsible and accountable for the
preservation of government property.
The
government has the property across the country but due to lack of proper
records, individuals have been misusing the government property. There is no
proper records of the government buildings either.
Chief
secretary of the government blamed the chief regional administrator for the
lack of preservation of the government property. "Its easy to blame
others, but it’s the weakness of the administrators," he added.
On the
occasion, the record of some 1,686 government offices across the country have
also been presented. "Some 1,686 government offices occupy 90,630 ropani
of land and owns 1,404 houses," reported Public Expenditure and Financial
Accountability office (PEFA).
According to
the Nepali legal system, the offspring have legal right of the property of
their parents. But the government property across the country has no proper
record and in most of the places people have already captured it.
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