The Office of the Auditor-General needs to be fully resourced so it can carry out its work as an auditor of the Government, says Opposition MP Aseri Radrodro.
While endorsing the OAG Review by the Public Accounts Committee on Monday, Mr Radrodro said the organisation was an important stakeholder in the public sector.
“We note that their legal framework is registered under Section 151 of the 2013 Constitution with regards to their setup, and it is something that they have been challenged to conduct the audit of ministries and departments, government commercial companies, off-budget State entities and statutory authorities of Government,” he said.
“Some of these audits have been delayed because of limitations of resources they have.
“They have been requesting for more resources to ensure that they complete the audit on time.”
He also highlighted the laxities within certain State agencies in submitting financial reports.
“Not only that, Mr Speaker, Sir, some of the ministries and departments continuously delay in terms of submission of their Annual Financial Report for auditing purposes.
“During Public Accounts Committee meetings, they have always continuously raised about the laxities in some of the ministries and departments.
“They do not take the conduct of audit very seriously because they see it as not a very important element to address the issues within their ministries and departments.”
