The Auditor-General for the Federation, Mr. Adolphus Aghughu has inaugurated the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF) Forensics Training Programme.
Speaking at the inauguration, the Auditor General expressed the office management’s
commitment to developing the capacity and capability of the Office in the areas of forensic audit, forensic accounting and digital forensics to tackle corruption in the public sector in Nigeria. He said further
He said: “I am happy today that the journey we started in 2018 has culminated with the establishment of the OAuGF forensics laboratory and the on-going training of 40 Forensic auditors/examiners” in two batches.
Speaking earlier, the CEO, First Digital and Techno-Law Forensics Compnay Ltd, Prof. Peter Olayiwola, who also served as the training facilitator thanked the Auditor General for the opportunity to provide his expertise towards addressing the national corruption challenge.
The hands-on training scheduled for three weeks is designed to include field exercises.
