Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala has received external auditors from United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Dr Okpala said the spot check visit by the Bakertilly Consultants was highly commendable when he received them in his office at the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka.
He noted that the group’s spot check visit to the health ministry would help in evaluating the ministry’s transparency and accountability regarding UNICEF support in the healthcare sector.
He assured them that Dr Afam Anaeme; State AIDS Programme Coordinator was a competent person and would also assist.
The commissioner commended them, urging them to let him know in the areas they need his help in order to get their job done.
Dr Anaeme explained that the external auditors’ spot check was an annual event to check documentations with respect to UNICEF’s support to the ministry.
Mr Charles Nwanyanwu, UNICEF Bakertilly Consultant, commended the commissioner for granting them audience, which would enable them to brief him about their activities in his ministry.
Mr Nwanyanwu said that they were in the ministry to carry out spot checks and to study the documentation process and account records of projects executed.
He also noted that at the end of the exercise an external report would be made available to the commissioner.
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