Prime Minister Tarique Rahman receiving the audit reports for the 2021-22 fiscal year from Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Md Nurul Islam at the Secretariat in the capital on Tuesday. — PID Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman on Tuesday put special emphasis on conducting performance audits along with compliance audits to ensure transparency in public expenditures, reports BSS.
He highlighted the importance of performance audits to ensure transparency and accountability in spending public funds to provide various services to the people and to achieve properly objectives of various projects being implemented by the government.
The PM was speaking at an event where he was informed about the observations and recommendations received on 38 audit reports (compliance and performance audits) of various government departments and entities.
On the occasion, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh Md Nurul Islam submitted the audit report for the fiscal 2021-22 to him at the Cabinet Division of the Bangladesh Secretariat, PM's press secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh said.
Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, Finance Secretary Dr Khairruzzaman Mozumder and officials of the concerned departments were present.
Sources at the Prime Minister's Office said the audit report is prepared in accordance with Article 128(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh and Section 5 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Additional Functions) Act, 1974.
In continuation of this, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh submitted a total of 38 compliance and performance audit reports on 17 ministries and divisions and various directorates, offices, institutions and projects to the PM before presenting those in the Jatiya Sangsad.
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