Audit objectives and policies of the Office of the Auditor General are:

• To promote public accountability and transparency;
  
• To bring forth economy in the mobilization of public resources and enhance efficiency;
• To enhance effectiveness of public entities;
• To improve and assure clean practices in the working system of administrative, financial and managerial system;
• To assist in compliance of the existing laws;
• To encourage abandonment of the discretionary work-style;
• To recommend practical suggestions for improvement by identifying weaknesses and lacunae in the existing approaches, processes, practices and legal provisions and
• To encourage the practice of taking actions against delinquents and rewarding the excellent performers.