Zineb El Adaoui backs public auditing to support African investment
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L'Information
Zineb El Adaoui, Morocco’s first president of the Court of Auditors, said public auditing could improve growth, investment efficiency and institutional confidence. She was speaking by videoconference during a session of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, according to L’Information.
Zineb El Adaoui, Morocco’s first president of the Court of Auditors, called for public-finance auditing to be used to support growth, investment efficiency and confidence in African institutions, according to L’Information. She was speaking by videoconference on Thursday 29 October during a session held in Moscow on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.
At the meeting, devoted to government auditing as a guarantee of sustainable growth, the Moroccan official said that supreme audit institutions and public-finance and accounting bodies have a direct impact on the economic life and prosperity of African countries, L’Information reports.
The session was held as the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum brought together several African and Russian officials in Moscow. Zineb El Adaoui argued there for public oversight that goes beyond the mere checking of accounts and contributes to the quality of investment policies, according to L’Information.
