Auditing Mining Projects : Stakeholders Strengthen Skills

In order to enhance accountability in the mining sector, the Supreme State Audit Office in partnership with the Project to Increase Surveillance in Extractive Industries in Francophone Sub-Sahara Africa, abbreviated PASIE is training participants on better control mechanisms. The Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of the Supreme State Audit Office, Mbah Acha Rose Fomundam presided at the opening of the workshop yesterday September 15, 2021 in Yaounde. The two-day workshop holding under the theme “Analysing the financial model and feasibility studies of a mining project,” ends tomorrow September 17, 2021. 
In her statement, Minister Mbah Acha Rose said the workshop which is the second to be organised within the course of the year seeks to reinforce the auditing skills of staff in the mining sector which will have a multiplier effect on transparency and accountability. “This workshop is to train participants involved with mining activities. The global objective is to empower them with knowledge on how to draw-up and analyse a financial statement from its format and content to feasibility studies on a mining project. They will be empowered on operationalisation and their role in mining projects,” she stated. The Minister added that auditors of the Supreme State Audit Office will carry out field visits after the training to ensure that participants are putting into practice pedagogical knowledge acquired during the workshop. 
As per the focus on the mining sector, she said authorities seek to make the mining sector a vector of development for the country. “The resources from mining ...