The Adamawa State government, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s State-to-State project, has trained auditors and reviewed the financial audit manual and checklist for effective service delivery.

The participants were drawn from the office of the auditors general of state and local governments, ministries, departments, agencies, and the state House of Assembly.

Speaking at a three-day training in Yola on Friday, Suzanne Myada, State to-State team lead, urged the participants to apply the knowledge acquired into practice for accountability, transparency and effectiveness in the state.

“We want you to understand that we are only here to support you because you are the owners. Ideally, you are the ones to review the document.

“So because we knew your challenge that was why we came in to support you to succeed,” she said.

The facilitator, Chiwuike Uba, said the manual needed to be reviewed every five years for standard operations.

“We have not only reviewed, we have also prepared almost a new audit manual for the state which is up to international standards.

“So we expect that going forward, you will use this audit manual and checklist to do more detailed work and be able to document and file the procedure,” Mr Uba said.

He advised the participants to always pay more attention to the code of ethics and establishment laws to guide their operations.

Iheanyi Iheke, the state-to-state conflict specialist, urged the participants to always be conflict-sensitive in financial audits to avoid crises.

He advised them to understand the conflict situation in the work area to avoid anything that may cause conflict.

In his remarks, Daniel Sakiyo, the assistant director of government accounts, appreciated USAID for the training, saying it would make them more efficient at auditing.

(NAN)