Na so Auditor-General of Anambra State, Mr Okocha Akosa, land with wahala gist wey go make anybody chop their finger! E don raise alarm say N750 million dey waka miss for 2024 fiscal year, and nobody fit explain how E take happen.

For one serious foro wey be the 2025 Audit Forum and Citizens Accountability Dialogue for Awka, Okocha no hold back as e drop this bombshell. But wait, e also follow am talk say this one be small improvement when you check the wahala wey dey happen last year, 2023, where unresolved queries dey reach N2.5 billion. E no easy o!

Okocha explain say e don put am for ground to make sure say dem fit catch the lapses and gaps wey dey happen as e dey occur. Him talk say as e don dey handle matter, the unresolved queries don reduce seriously. “This no be my magic o, but na because we dey proactive for my office,” he yarn.

Some MDAs don even respond well, come carry document come show for their own side of the matter. As dem dey try, Okocha talk say “we still dey see improvement for some places wey we dey face challenges.” Na correct talk o, even though the matter still dey vex!

Another person wey dey turn head na Mr Ademola Okeleye, wey be Principal Consulting Accountant. Him dey knack the people for head, dey tell dem say if dem no fit clear all the queries wey dey for 2024 accounts, public go dey lose trust for the whole governance matter. Him call for citizens make dem begin mingle more for how things dey run, pay their tax, and always demand make dem get proper information about wetin dey happen for their money.

Okeleye come dey vex say most of the tax collections no even fit meet expectation. Na so Tax receipt wey dem expect go be N29, 441,744,000, na only N28,199,899,033 dem fit gather. Na just 4.22 percent! Chai! E be like say dem no wan collect the money wey make sense at all.

And no be only that, as even the Accountant General office no do well at all with the N710,000,000 wey dem suppose collect, dem only fit recover N120,326,747 as e be 16.95 percent. Abeg, how people go dey find motivation to work for this kind setup?

Professor Tochukwu Okafor from Nnamdi Azikiwe University sharp mouth join gist as e talk say Accountants and Auditors na the backbone of all the structure, without dem, everything go dey scatter. E don talk say since 2020 wey dem suppose don set Directors of Audit for government, the thing still dey hang like bad belle.

Dr Adokwe Ekene wey come from UNDP come drop serious knowledge, as e dey emphasize say good governance na the key to kill poverty and boost growth. E talk say if we fit get beta auditing, services go increase, but make civil servants stop to dey hide information wey suppose dey open for everybody. Na all these kind things go help end corruption, bring transparency, and gree make people dey work together.