Akwa Ibom, Yobe, Katsina top 2022 audit index report

Furthermore, none of the 36 States produced standard performance audit report on government’s programs, projects, or policies in 2021, and only 5 out of 36 States have effective Public Accounts Committee in their Houses of Assembly.

The group’s Executive Director, Olusegun Elemo, explained that the Index had applied eight scoring parameters, in the ranking of the states including: audit legal framework & operationalization, submission of annual activity report, type of audit document published online, implementation of house resolutions on audit recommendations, evidence of performance audit, availability of citizens’ accountability report, civil society/media participation in the audit process, and effectiveness of...

Elemo further said that while the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Program launched between 2018 and 2022 did well to incentivize transparency reforms, and enact legal frameworks as the foundation for accountability, implementation of the frameworks however, remained a hard task for state executives, hence the initiation of the SAE Index report.

In its recommendations, PLSI emphasized the need, for governors to exhibit strong “political will” to enhance effective implementation of Audit Laws, while also calling on the Executive, the House of Assembly and the Office of the auditor Generals, to work collaboratively to remedy inadequacies in the legal framework of the and effective implement the audit laws.

They also recommended timely review of audit reports by State Houses of Assembly, and publishing full audit reports as well as citizens’ accountability reports online, to enhance civic participation in the audit process.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

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