In response management stated that due to restructuring process, the approval process had taken longer than anticipated, as the policies had to go through a number of  structures for consultation and quality assurance, before approval by the University Council. They further stated that the  draft policy would be ready for consideration by the Finance  and Development Committee during its November 2018 sitting  and finally by the University Council.  The auditors noted, as in the previous year, that the University  owned and controlled land that it received from the Department  of Agricultural Research, (DAR) but it was not in possession of title  deeds for the properties. In response management stated that the process to obtain title  deeds had been delayed by the review of the University Master  Plan which included negotiations to transfer some land from and  to Department of Agricultural Research (DAR). The University was  proceeding with securing the title deeds for the land and  property that Government had fully transferred to BUAN. The  process was targeted to be completed by not later than December 2018. Furthermore, the University would speed up the  negotiation process with DAR for recommendations to be submitted to the parent Ministry during the month of November  2018.  The auditors noted the following relating to IT Governance:  In response, management agreed with the findings and stated  the following:  3.4  Information Technology (IT) Governance  3.3  Properties without Tittle Deeds  a) IT Strategy that would align the IT operations to the overall  organizational goals was not in place, which raised the risk  of misalignment of the IT objectives to the Organization  strategy.  b) IT Security Policy, IT Policy, Business Continuity and Disaster  Recovery Plans were still at draft stages.  c) Change Control Policy was not in place.   IT Strategy was under development and would be completed  by November 2018.  169 