The Province of Eastern Cape (Education) reported historical problems of the NSNP grant since 2004. These include: the inheritance of quintiles 4 and 5 schools which are not catered for by the conditional grant; payment backlogs because of collapse of SNP in 2006 due to premature incorporation of cooperatives; the approval forensic audit by a company called Ngubane & Associates which led to abrupt stoppage of programme due to investigation, the forensic audit led to additional payment backlogs estimated at R40 million.