The lower chamber of the Ethiopian parliament is threatening legal measures against institutions with constant audit discrepancies in the upcoming Ethiopian new fiscal year beginning from July 8, 2025.
The Federal Auditor General’s report presented to the parliament during the Parliament’s 39th regular session Tuesday revealed that 70 federal institutions have made purchases exceeding 404.7 million birr $11.6 million without following proper guidelines.
House Speaker Tagesse Chafo on the occasion emphasised that there is a legal ground to hold accountable institutions that repeatedly show audit findings and fail to take corrective measures.
Chafo urged the Parliament’s standing committees and stakeholders to plan and work towards taking legal action in the upcoming 2018 budget year, adhering to established procedures.
He pointed out that other standing committees, coordinated by the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Government Expenditure Management and Control Affairs, should include the evaluation of audit findings in institutions within their plans.
The speaker stated that based on the comprehensive assessment conducted by the standing committees and other stakeholders, “legal, political, and administrative measures” will be taken against institutions that do not implement audit corrections.
The Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Ministry of Water and Energy, the National Rehabilitation Commission and the Ministry of Revenues are among the institutions identified to show audit discrepancies.
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