2019 BDO Report a ‘smokescreen’: Khan

University of the South Pacific council Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee Mahmood Khan believes the reemergence of last year’s BDO report is a smokescreen.

In his paper prepared for the university council meeting last Friday titled “Facts about the USP SAGA”, highlighted nine facts of the current USP situation.

“The BDO report of last year has been brought up time and again. The BDO report was discussed in detail by all the council members at their Special Council Meeting held in August 2019.”

He said the council resolved to appoint three of their members who undertook to appoint a threemember Commission.

The Commissioners include Graeme McNally, Satish Chand and Jenni Lightowlers. Their latest progress report was released on Monday June 15, 2020. Mr Khan said it was also resolved during the August 2019 Special Council meeting to withhold the circulation of the BDO Report.