They find anomalies in the scholarship for the welfare of basic education; 8 thousand 515 families did not receive it

Laura Poy Solano

Newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, November 13, 2022, p. 10

The Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF) detected that 8 thousand 515 beneficiary families of the Benito Juárez Basic Education Welfare Scholarship program did not collect their support for an amount of 27 million 155 thousand pesos, for which probable damage or harm, or both, to the federal public treasury is presumed.

The compliance audit of the 2021 public account for the aforementioned program, in charge of the National Coordination of Scholarships for Benito Juárez Welfare (CNBBBJ), did not identify that the families had collected the resources, so -in accordance with what is established in the rules of operation – had to be reintegrated into the Treasury of the Federation.

The supervisory body reported that in total an amount to be clarified of 81.2 million pesos was detected, of which, due to the intervention of the ASF, 54 million 49 thousand 600 were recovered, but 27 million 155 thousand pesos are still pending clarification. .

The ASF detailed that of the 13 results obtained, in eight no irregularities were detected, one was solved and the remaining four generated two recommendations, three promotions of sanctioning administrative responsibility and a list of observations.

The results of the audit body reveal that the CNBBBJ, which allocated 31 thousand 352.3 million pesos last year for the operation of the program, agreed with the Banco de Bienestar that, in the event that it was instructed to carry out the dispersion of support for the equivalent to two or more periods, the cost would be the result of multiplying the agreed rate by the number of periods to disperse or deliver.

The foregoing, without justifying the reasons why it was agreed in this way and not due to a dispersion operation or delivery of support at service desks, which would have represented a considerable saving with respect to the cost that was paid for said commissions.

In addition, it detected that the resources received by the program for each financial year are managed in the same bank account, which prevents proper monitoring, which does not contribute to healthy transparency and accountability.

The ASF verified that last February, resources corresponding to the 2022 budget were deposited in said bank account, which prevented the follow-up of the amounts that were pending payment of the 2021 budget.