The Auditor General’s Department has established seven new specialised units to enhance the efficiency of state audit work, NewsFirst reported on Monday.
The new units include procurement audits, special investigation reports, environmental audits and performance audits, among others, the department said. Audit functions currently handled under the general audit process will be redirected to the relevant specialised divisions, enabling what the department called a more efficient and effective approach to oversight of the public sector.
In parallel, a decision has been taken to recruit 250 new officers to fill existing vacancies within the department. The National Audit Commission has granted approval for the recruitments, the department said.
The capacity expansion comes against the backdrop of an unusually high-tempo cycle of state-audit work in 2026. The Auditor General’s findings have been the central evidentiary record in the Lakvijaya coal procurement irregularities flagged days before the no-confidence motion debate, and senior audit officials and the Energy Secretary were summoned by the Presidential Coal Commission of Inquiry in mid-May. COPE has separately driven a broader internal-audit overhaul covering some 457 state-owned enterprises and 300 chief financial officers. The Audit Service Commission was reconstituted with four new members sworn in before the Speaker on May 4, completing the governance framework that supervises the department.
Source: Auditor General’s Department Expands Capacity With New Units — NewsFirst, June 15.
