The Auditor Generals Office has put in place a new strategic plan aimed at widening its auditing coverage.
Auditor General Anna Chifungula said all auditing work for next year under the new strategic plan, which is in harmony with the Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP), will be wider than before.
Ms. Chifungula said with an increased staffing from 247 to 590, her office will have a bigger audit coverage that will see every spending department and section audited.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka, the Auditor General explained that previously, only main accounts of Ministries used to be audited.
She said next year her office will focus on auditing in totallity all allocated amounts of money in all spending agencies.
Mrs. Chifungula, who revealed that the quality of audit work by her office has been ranked second to South Africa in the region by the World Bank, said she would like to see her office reporting on every spending activity.
She advised Zambians to continue being vigilant and ensure that the country’s resources are spent properly.
Meanwhile, Ms. Chifungula has expressed concern at failure by some controlling officer’s to understand the laws pertaining to auditing.
She said it is difficult some times for auditing staff from her office to access books of accounts because some controlling officers feel they are being singled out for interrogation, which she said is not the case.
Ms. Chifungula however said with sensitisation and the way the Parliamentary Committee on Accounts (PAC) is sorting out issues, this problem will soon be a thing of the past.
