The House of Representatives, during a legislative session held on Wednesday, referred the 73rd annual report of the Audit Bureau for the year 2024 to its Finance Committee.
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On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Mazen Al-Qadi received the Audit Bureau’s 2024 report during his meeting with the Bureau’s President, Radi Hamadin. Al-Qadi underscored the importance of the oversight role played by the Audit Bureau in safeguarding public funds, affirming the House’s full support for the Bureau’s independence and its supervisory mandate.
Al-Qadi added that the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah II to protect public funds and enhance integrity and transparency require cooperation from all authorities, stressing that consolidating the principles of justice and equality is the path toward the rule of law. He emphasized that the House consistently attaches great importance to the Audit Bureau’s reports.
The Audit Bureau’s 2024 report recorded financial savings amounting to JOD 22.3 million, resulting from the implementation of 123,369 oversight tasks, totaling 444,766 working hours carried out by 294 auditors. These efforts were distributed as follows: 49% post-audit, 24% follow-up, 15% participation in committees, 9% pre-audit, and 3% surprise inspections.
The Bureau also completed 11,050 technical and engineering oversight tasks conducted by 38 engineers. The 73rd annual report for the 2024 fiscal year comes within a new media policy centered on transparency, impact measurement, simplifying information, and enhancing readability. It presents the results of auditing and oversight activities on the work of the executive authority, with the aim of strengthening institutional role integration and consolidating the system of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
According to the report, the Audit Bureau issued 115 oversight outputs during the past year, with a response rate of 59%, compared with 48% in 2023 and 21% in 2022—reflecting gradual improvement and the effectiveness of the new oversight approach.
The report noted improved responsiveness from ministries and government departments, as the number of audit observations declined to 512 in 2024, compared with 2,156 in 2023, with 270 violations corrected. Independent institutions also recorded a sharp decrease in observations to 82 in 2024, compared with 558 in 2023, with 58 violations rectified.
The local administration sector witnessed significant improvement, with 225 observations corrected out of 359 audit observations in 2024, compared with 970 observations in 2023. Similarly, the number of observations in the government-owned companies sector fell to 69 in 2024, compared with 1,059 in 2023, with 43 violations corrected.
In terms of performance development, the Bureau assessed 166 internal control units under a project that accounted for 10% of its oversight effort, while setting improvement plans for 2025. It also implemented training programs covering 612 employees representing 162 government entities.
The report confirmed that the Audit Bureau continues to serve as the sole authorized body for auditing loans and grants, having issued 33 oversight reports in 2024, in addition to auditing the financial statements of 35 political parties.
Regarding violations, the report included 1,078 violations and observations within 115 oversight outputs, and 3,279 observations and violations within 1,003 review memoranda. This resulted in the referral of 11 outputs to the judiciary, eight to the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission, the issuance of 46 decisions to recover expenditures, and 41 decisions for immediate collection.
At the level of citizen engagement, the Bureau received 435 complaints in 2024, resulting in 15 oversight outputs—accounting for 13% of total outputs—compared with 486 complaints in 2023 and 289 in 2022, indicating growing public confidence in the Bureau’s oversight role.
Hamadin stated that the 2024 report was issued in a new format divided into four main sections, focusing on performance auditing, impact measurement, and reinforcing the concept of value for money. He added that the next phase will place greater emphasis on following up on oversight outputs and accelerating corrective actions, contributing to improved overall performance, sound resource management, and the protection of public funds.
