REPORTER: OBY ARINZE
The Anambra State House of Assembly has adopted the report of its Committee on Public Accounts on the 2025 financial accounts of the state government, with recommendations aimed at strengthening financial management and accountability.
The report, which examined the Auditor-General’s report on the accounts of the Anambra State Government for the year ended December 31, 2025, was considered and unanimously adopted during Tuesday’s plenary in Awka.
The House, presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Somtochukwu Udeze, dissolved into the Committee of the Whole to deliberate on the report.
Presenting the document, Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts, Mr. Noble Igwe, said the committee carefully examined the Auditor-General’s observations alongside explanations, records and supporting documents submitted by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the state.
Mr. Igwe noted that the committee observed improvement in audit compliance and a reduction in unresolved audit queries.
He, however, stressed the need for further improvement in revenue administration, internal controls, financial documentation, procurement procedures, budget implementation and the timely retirement of advances.
The committee recommended, among other measures, the strengthening of Internal Audit Units to ensure proper pre-payment scrutiny, strict deduction and remittance of statutory taxes, adherence to approved budgetary provisions and modernization of internally generated revenue collection systems.
It also called for proper documentation of financial transactions and recovery of unaccounted funds where established.
The Majority Leader, Mr Ikenna Ofodeme, moved the motion for the adoption of the report, while the Minority Leader, Mr. Odaaopuo Johnbosco Akaegbobi, seconded it.
The report was subsequently adopted unanimously as a working document of the House.
