Saleh: The Final Accounts Of Official Institutions Are A Binding Condition For Evaluating Public Money Management, 30 NOV

 Saleh: The Final Accounts Of Official Institutions Are A Binding Condition For Evaluating Public Money Management

11/30/2023  Read: 1,573 times  {Economic: Al-Furat News} The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, stressed the necessity of preparing official institutions for the final accounts.

Saleh told {Al-Furat News} agency, “It is necessary for all state institutions, in cooperation with financial oversight bodies, to take the initiative to prepare the requirements for the final account for each institution or spending unit separately at the end of the fiscal year. This is a necessary condition that facilitates the attainment of the total final accounts as a general budget, in accordance with what is stipulated.” According to the effective Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019, amended.”

He pointed out the importance of "adopting this as a binding context for all concerned institutions in order to evaluate the management of public money early without delay or delay."

The head of the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau, Ammar Al-Mashhadani, announced the day before yesterday, Tuesday, that the audit of the final accounts for the entire 2016 budget had been completed, while indicating that the Council of Ministers had issued a directive to oblige all government agencies to disclose their accounts.

Al-Mashhadani said, in a press statement, “The audit of the final accounts for the 2016 budget has been fully completed, and will reach the competent authorities in the Council of Ministers and Representatives,” stressing that “an agreement was reached with the Ministry of Finance to complete the audit of the final accounts for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019.”

He added, "The final accounts for the years after 2020 did not reach the Financial Supervision Bureau by the Ministry of Finance," stressing "the necessity of obtaining financial data from the Ministry of Finance to begin the audit process."

Regarding the disclosure of the final accounts of the officials, Al-Mashhadani confirmed that “there are entities whose data did not reach the Office of Financial Supervision, as the issue was presented in a transparent manner before the Council of Ministers, and a directive was issued by the latter to oblige government agencies, whether self-funded or centrally, to deliver their data to the Office,” pointing out. To, “The low percentages of budget utilization for governorates and ministries is a negative indicator, which is wasting opportunities to utilize budgets properly to provide the best services to citizens.”

He pointed out, “The Financial Supervision Bureau follows up on any evidence of conviction or suspicions of corruption of those who exploited public funds, and communicates them to the judiciary, the public prosecution, and the competent authorities, but the most important thing is sufficient proof.”

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Finance announced earlier the completion of the final accounts for the budgets of the years from 2017 to 2019.   LINK