FARMINGTON The Navajo Nation Council has removed Pearline Kirk as the top financial officer for the tribal government, stemming from allegations that her office entered an illegal contract for COVID-19 testing on employees and other related services.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on May 20 named former auditor general Elizabeth Begay as acting controller. Begay will start work on May 21, according to the president s office.
Delegates voted 13 in favor and 10 opposed on May 19 on emergency legislation brought forward last week by Delegate Pernell Halona.
While the bill does not cite reasons for removing Kirk, it states the council no longer desires to retain her as controller and finds it to be in the best interest to remove her from the office.
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FARMINGTON – Navajo Nation leaders approved a bill to allocate $2 million in supplemental funding to help families with funeral expenses related to a COVID-19 death.
In February, the tribe’s Division of Social Services requested the money for its COVID-19 burial assistance because the resource was close to depleting its funding.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer on April 9 signed the bill that will transfer $2 million from the Unreserved Undesignated Fund Balance to the division.
“For every life lost there are family members who grieve their loss, and we continue to pray for their comfort,” they wrote in a memorandum to Speaker Seth Damon.
FARMINGTON Navajo Nation leaders approved a bill to allocate $2 million in supplemental funding to support a resource that helps families with funeral expenses related to a COVID-19 death.
In February, the tribe s Division of Social Services requested the amount for its COVID-19 burial assistance because the resource was close to depleting its funding.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer on April 9 signed the bill that will transfer $2 million from the Unreserved Undesignated Fund Balance to the division. For every life lost there are family members who grieve their loss and we continue to pray for their comfort, they wrote in a memorandum to Speaker Seth Damon.