The audit department in a statement said of the 54 bodies audited, 14 ministries, departments and statutory bodies were graded good, followed by satisfactory (five) and unsatisfactory (one).
The statement refers to the Auditor-General’s Report 2018 Series 1 on financial management, activities of federal and state companies of ministries, departments, agencies and statutory bodies tabled in Parliament today.
Nik Azman said at the state level, 83 ministries, departments and agencies achieved an excellent level, followed by good (69), satisfactory (26), less satisfactory (13) and unsatisfactory (two).
On the audit performance of programmes, activities and government projects at federal and state levels, he said these were generally implemented according to the purpose stipulated although weaknesses were identified.
These include a delay in the supply of equipment, abandoned construction projects or falling behind schedule, improper payment cases, weak contract administration not in accordance with specifications and low quality, apart from inefficient management of government assets and revenue collection.
To enable corrective actions and improvements by department heads, the auditor-general submitted eight recommendations on the financial management of federal ministries, departments and statutory bodies.
Apart from that, 99 recommendations were also presented on the various activities of ministries, departments and federal statutory bodies as well as 100 recommendations to better manage ministries, departments, agencies and state government companies.