application ▁of ▁fund ing ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁information ▁from ▁A q ila ▁al - Hash imi , ▁who ▁was ▁senior ▁b ureau c rat ▁with ▁the ▁O il - for - F ood ▁Program me ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁of ▁the ▁programme ' s ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 0 ▁billion ▁dollars , ▁" rough ly ▁ 6 5 % ▁was ▁actually ▁applied ▁to ▁aid ". ▁Over ▁ 1 9 3 ▁so - called ▁elect rical ▁consult ants ▁each ▁received ▁$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁per ▁month ▁while ▁the ▁electric ity ▁only ▁worked ▁a ▁few ▁hours ▁at ▁a ▁time . ▁ ▁Ben on ▁Se van ▁of ▁Cy pr us , ▁who ▁head ed ▁the ▁programme , ▁def ended ▁it , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁only ▁a ▁ 2 . 2 % ▁administrative ▁cost ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁subject ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁internal ▁and ▁external ▁aud its . ▁He ▁bl amed ▁Security ▁Council ▁restrictions ▁for ▁making ▁the ▁situation ▁difficult ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁ 9 0 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁Ira q ' s ▁population ▁re lied ▁on ▁the ▁programme ▁for ▁its ▁month ly ▁food ▁basket . ▁Se van ▁stone w alled ▁efforts ▁to ▁review ▁and ▁investigate ▁the ▁programme . ▁He ▁ordered ▁his ▁staff ▁to ▁en force ▁a ▁policy ▁that ▁compla ints ▁about ▁illegal ▁pay offs ▁should ▁be ▁formally ▁file d ▁with ▁the ▁wh ist leb lower ' s ▁country , ▁making ▁them ▁public ▁and ▁allowing ▁Ira q ▁to ▁bar ▁any ▁wh ist leb low ers . ▁In ▁ 2