Corruption at MJSAC: Court of Auditors Establishes Audit Commission
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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The Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA) announced the establishment of a commission tasked with auditing the management of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action (MJSAC) for the period from October 1, 2023, to June 2025.
The president of the CSCCA, Me Rogavil Boisguéné, sent a letter dated July 15, 2025, to Minister Niola Lynn Sarah Devalis Octavius to inform her of this decision.
The commission's mission will be to examine the ministry's internal control system, with a view to gathering relevant information on the evidentiary elements supporting the various transactions carried out and the data contained in its accounts for the fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. The Court also emphasizes the current fiscal year up to June 2025.
The audit will also cover the compliance of MJSAC's operations with current legislation, particularly finance laws, public accounting, and generally accepted management principles.
MJSAC officials will need to prepare and submit to the commission activity reports, supporting documents, inventory reports for the relevant fiscal years, the documents mentioned in request DOCAUDIT007-25 annexed to the correspondence, as well as any other document capable of justifying the ministry's management actions.
As such, the CSCCA requests the minister to intervene with the relevant departments and services to ensure that all requested documents are available by July 29, 2025, at the latest. MJSAC will also need to designate a contact person to facilitate coordination with the commission.
The creation of this commission follows the report by the organization Ensemble Contre la Corruption (ECC), which revealed a vast corruption scandal within the ministry, directly implicating Minister Niola Lynn Sarah Devalis Octavius.
Furthermore, in the middle of last week, agents from the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC), accompanied by police officers, raided the MJSAC premises. According to a post on X, the ULCC Director General stated that a sum of one million two hundred thousand gourdes was confiscated from a safe.
