The 2024 report of the Audit Bureau revealed a series of financial violations at the Ministry of Defense. Most notably, total spending on subsistence and uniforms for personnel reached approximately LYD 356.1 million. The report observed that financial advances were disbursed to cover subsistence and supply expenses for certain military units and charged directly to the budget line, resulting in weak oversight of disbursement and settlement procedures.
The Bureau noted that total stationery expenditures amounted to LYD 2.2 million, with financial advances issued for the purpose of purchasing stationery and charged directly to the expenditure line.
The report also recorded the execution of a letter of credit totaling LYD 33.8 million allocated for the procurement of a number of vehicles.
Additionally, the Bureau documented the payment of salaries to some members of the Libyan Army without their salaries being received from the Ministry of Finance.
In another aspect, the report revealed the disbursement of financial advances amounting to LYD 99.5 thousand as cash bonuses to 77 members of the Protection Company, in violation of the Chief of the General Staff Decision No. (415) of 2024, which authorized the use of advances exclusively to meet the needs of the General Staff Headquarters.
The report further pointed to the disbursement of additional financial advances totaling LYD 102 thousand, distributed to 57 protection personnel, contrary to the Chief of the General Staff Decision No. (315) of 2024, which limited the use of the amount to covering the needs of the General Staff Headquarters only.
