(Eleuteri Mangi –MAELEZO)
The
Controller and Audit General (CAG) of The United Republic of Tanzania
Mr. Ludovick Utouh has signed an agreement of Euro 3.5 million
equivalents to about 3.75
billion Tanzanian shillings between National Audit Office of Tanzania
(NAOT) and Country Director of Deutsche Gesellschaft fü Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Regine Qualmann from Germany for developmental
activities in Tanzania.
The
signing ceremony was done recently this week in the National Audit
Office of Tanzania headquarters’ conference hall in Dar es Salaam where
he said this agreement has just come at the right time.
“Personally,
I view this agreement to be extremely crucial to the future development
of Tanzania and the importance of this agreement strengthens the
existing relationship between Tanzania and Germany for the development
of their people through NAOT and GIZ as mediators”, Said Utouh.
He
identified the four areas which the government of Federal Republic of
Germany through GIZ will support the National Audit Office of Tanzania
as; the quality of performance audit conducted in local government
authorities and regional administrative secretariats in order to meet
international standards, the relationship with the external stakeholders
and parliamentary oversight committee.
Others
are The Internal National Audit Office (NAOT) procedures as a crucial
area where gender strategy, monitoring and evaluation for strategic,
planning, quality standard manual and human recourses development.
“The
agreement has come at a time when our office is facing the challenge in
the area identified in Tanzania. The office has very important role of
giving assurance that the public resources have been wisely spent and
that the value for money has been established”, Said Utouh.
No
doubt in and out of Tanzania the NAOT has greatly contributed in
substantial improvements in the country’s financial management system.
This is where the office has played a great role in enhancing
accountability, transparency and cost effectiveness in the country’s
public sector.
On
the other side, the Country Director of GIZ in Tanzania Dr. Regine
Qualmann said that Deutsche Gesellschaft fü Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will increase maximum cooperation with NAOT in
order to assure and strengthen the relationship existed between the two
countries.
The
signing ceremony was attended by Members of Parliament from Federal
Republic of Germany, representatives from GIZ and Members of Management
of NAOT. These witnesses expects NAOT to improve performance in
fulfilling its role as a Supreme Audit Institutions effectively both at
local and national level.
GIZ works worldwide where in Africa it works in Egypt, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania in particular.
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