Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Account, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, has reiterated the committee’s stand that the best way to fight corruption is to prevent it from happening.
Urhoghide said most government agencies used to fight corruption do not have their accounts audited as stipulated by the Constitution which empowered the office of the Auditor-General to carry out audits of their accounts.
He said timely audit of public accounts enable the government to detect areas of expenditure for correction.
According to him, these agencies are not supposed to be funded in the next fiscal year because they were expected to have prepared and present their audited budget report six months…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
