PM for conducting performance audits to ensure transparency in public expenditures

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (5 May) put
special emphasis on conducting performance audits along with compliance audits
to ensure transparency in public expenditures.
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 Prime Minister 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 Prime Minister's Office at Cabinet Division of the Bangladesh
Secretariat here this morning, 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 Prime Minister before
presenting those in parliament.
















