An audit of the Navajo Nation revealed that the tribal government's 110 chapters had more than $77 million in unspent funds.
The Gallup Independent reports last week Tribal Auditor General Elizabeth Begay reported that the chapters hadn't spent $77.6 million as of December 2014.
Since the report's release, the Navajo Nation council has been looking into the impact of allowing the chapters to carry over their unspent annual budget into the next year.
Begay says an average of $650,000 annually had been appropriated to the 110 chapters from 2006 to 2013.
Council delegate Leonard Tsosie says the unspent funds show that chapters don't need funding.
The Resources and Development Committee accepted the audit report and have announced they will hold a work session with certified chapters on July 8.
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