President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to pass the Audit Law that was submitted by the Senate in January 2019, to check the mismanagement of funds by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in the country.
Segun Elemo, the director of Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI) made this call at an interactive session organised by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in Lagos on Wednesday.
“If you don’t enact an Audit Law, you will not empower the office of the auditor general, and this issue about the accountant general submitting the year-end financial statement will continue,” he said.
“Because there is no delegation of responsibility. So, everybody is just taking advantage of the gap in the system. So, what will it take for the federal government to enact the law?”
According to Mr Elemo, if the audit law is passed, it would aid the fight against corruption and also promote transparency and accountability…
