Completion of VFM audit imminent

Apr 21, 2009 News

Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, says that in another few weeks the first Value For Money (VFM) Audit will be completed and submitted to the National Assembly.
VFM auditing is a comprehensive audit and examination that provides an objective and constructive assessment of the extent to which financial, human and physical resources are managed with due regard to economy, efficiency and effectiveness and accountability relationships are served.
Sharma said that the report, which is on the life of the residents of the Palms, is the first of many more.
Sharma and four other officers are already trained to do VFM audits.
According to Sharma, this current report will include the findings on the conditions and state of play at the Palms and relevant recommendations.
Recently, the Auditor General from Newfoundland, Canada, was in Guyana to review the draft report on the Palms.
Sharma said that there would be a follow-up visit in May or June by another team to finalize everything.
He noted that this is the first time the auditor general’s office has been given the mandate to do a VFM audit.
Audit criteria are reasonable with attainable standards of performance against which economy, efficiency and effectiveness of activities can be assessed.
If audit criteria are not set, there will be no basis for comparison and consequently no basis for arriving at audit findings, conclusions and recommendations.
In financial auditing, the auditors usually apply generally accepted auditing practices, which evolve through practice and academic work.
VFM auditing attempts to evaluate vast varieties of activities and functions and therefore, there are no generally accepted criteria. VFM auditors, therefore, operate in more difficult terrain than the financial auditors.
According to reports, the first step in the planning of a VFM audit is to define carefully the audit objectives. The statement of audit objectives should articulate what the audit is to accomplish.
The auditor may set an objective of only reporting exceptions.
Audit objectives are generally expressed in terms of what questions the auditor is expected to answer such as results achieved, report on exceptions, and focus on systems and procedures.

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