DHAKA, May 7, 2023 (BSS) - President Mohammed Shahabuddin today asked the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh (CAG) to ensure spending public money properly as a delegation submitted its Annual Audit and Accounts Report to him at Bangabhaban here.

"Ensure spending public funds as the audit is very important to ensure transparency in government expenditure for the sake of public interest," the President told the delegation led by its Comptroller and Auditor General Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury.

The Head of the State asked all concerned to be more proactive in resolving audit objections as the delegation submitted the importance of audit is immense to ensure order in the financial sector, he added.

The President directed the CAG to intensify the audit activities to resolve the unresolved audit objections.
 
During the submission of the report, the CAG apprised the President of the different aspects of the report of the office of the CAG, the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Bangladesh.

Thanking the delegation led by the CAG for submitting the 47 audit and accounts report, the President hoped that the CAG office would take all possible steps in ensuring more transparency in its overall activities in days to come.

Secretaries concerned to the President office, among others, were also present.