PM chairs meeting of Audit Bureau task force

AMMAN — The government is “exerting every effort” to protect public money, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Omar Razzaz said on Tuesday.

During a meeting of the team tasked with following up on the violations listed in the reports of the Audit Bureau, Razzaz stressed the importance of providing citizens with access to information pertaining to public spending and sharing the monthly figures issued by the Finance Ministry and Audit Bureau.

He also stressed the importance of raising "institutional and oversight culture" in all ministries and public entities, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs Sami Daoud and Audit Bureau President Assem Haddad attended the meeting.