Finance Minister Stresses Importance of Audit Bureau in Strengthening Ministry’s Jurisdiction over Public Funds

Dr. Gibril Ibrahim, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, emphasized the importance of the National Audit Bureau in strengthening the Ministry’s jurisdiction over public funds, strengthening financial and accounting oversight, and enforcing laws and regulations governing financial and economic activity in the country.

During his meeting with the Director General of the Bureau and the Directors of its General Departments today at the Ministry’s headquarters, he promised to assist the Bureau in keeping pace with global financial and accounting developments and to work, in coordination with the relevant authorities, to amend legislation to ensure this. He also reviewed a detailed presentation on the requirements for improving the Bureau’s performance.

For his part, , Director General of the Bureau, Mustafa Ali Youssef stressed the importance of the Ministry’s support to activate its role in economic reform by approving the Bureau’s draft law, completing the comprehensive computerization of accounting systems and upgrading it, building a unified financial and accounting electronic system, enabling the Bureau to prepare a national final account, and activating decisions to ensure the presence of Bureau employees in all government units, enhancing their independence, and building their capacities.