By Chizoba Okeke
The Auditor General for Local Government, Anambra State, Mrs. Josephine Anyaegbunam, has announced that her office will scale up its proactive oversight measures to strengthen transparency and accountability across the local government system, in line with the state’s 2026 development targets.
Mrs. Anyaegbunam made this known during the bilateral discussions and budget defence of her office before the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation at the Anambra State House of Assembly.
She said that the office of the Auditor General is reinforcing its internal processes to enhance audit quality, ensure higher compliance levels among Local Government Councils, and promote disciplined financial management at the grassroots.
According to her, the 2026 fiscal year will focus on expanding routine audits, improving monitoring frameworks, introducing modern audit tools, and upgrading staff capacity for early detection of financial irregularities and timely corrective action.
Mrs. Anyaegbunam emphasized that effective auditing is vital to the success of government programmes at the local level, reaffirming her office’s commitment to supporting the state government’s vision of a transparent, accountable, and development-oriented local government administration.
Chizoba is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State
