OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR-GENERAL TO COMMENCE EXIT MEETINGS

The Office of the State Auditor-General (OSAG) has released the schedule for the year 2021 Audit Completion and Exit Meetings following the conclusion of statutory audit inspection of accounts and records of the State’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the periodic checks on its Parastatals for the year 2021.

The Auditor-General, Lagos State, Mr. Salami Sikiru Adeniji, said that the Year 2021 Audit Completion and Exit Meetings will commence on May 16, 2022.

Salami said that the meetings were scheduled for MDAs to provide evidence in support of their audit reports and respond to all observations as well as issues raised in the audit inspection reports forwarded to the State Auditor-General’s office for resolution.

Salami enjoined all the Permanent Secretaries, Accounting Officers and the Chief Executive Officers of MDAs to personally lead their teams to the meeting as no issues would be resolved without the input of concerned Accounting Officers.

He emphasised that all formal representations and related evidence in respect of the audit queries raised in the reports should be forwarded in both hard and soft copies to the State Auditor-General on or before the scheduled date.