Housing Claims Faze Dessa.

(From The Namibian - AAGM)

Byline: Tangeni Amupadhi

DESSA Onesmus, the former CEO of the Social Security Commission, last week requested investigators to explain a claim that she received a housing subsidy to which she was not entitled.

At the public hearing into alleged irregularities at the SSC, Onesmus said she was unable to fully respond to accusations on her housing payments because the calculations were not clear.

Forensic auditors said Onesmus was paid N$152 000 as a housing subsidy between January 1996 and February 1997 although she lived in a Government house.

The auditors said in terms of the SSC's housing policy, …