Nigeria: Auditor-General Calls for Passage of Audit Autonomy Bill

9 August 2017

The Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Anthony Ayine, has called on the Senate to speedily pass the Audit Autonomy Bill currently before it to strengthen the present administration's anti-corruption fight of enthroning transparency, accountability and good governance.

In an interview with THISDAY recently, Ayine who threw his weight behind calls for the federal government to adopt a prevention rather than cure philosophy in its fight against corruption, explained that an autonomous or independent audit office would open the doors for foreign direct investment through the issuance of credibility reports and assurances of clean state of accounts.

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