Anti-corruption campaigner Vitus Azeem has call for immediate and sustained government action to stop the recurring financial irregularities cited in the Auditor-General’s reports.
Speaking on ABC in the morning, Mr. Azeem warned that unless the government takes firm steps to sanction public officials involved in mismanagement and waste, the country will continue to suffer massive resource losses.
“We are wasting time and it cost the state. I think it is time to end it,” he stated.
Mr. Azeem expressed deep frustration with the continued lack of accountability, noting that the same issues keep reappearing in successive reports.
“It’s very unfortunate that these things are happening. And every year they report it and debate it,” he said, pointing to unapproved expenditures, unaccounted funds, procurement breaches, and poor oversight as key recurring problems.
He stressed that rhetoric alone cannot fix the systemic failures.
According to him, without real consequences for officials implicated in the Auditor-General’s findings, public confidence will continue to erode, and state resources will remain vulnerable.
Mr. Azeem concluded by urging the government to act decisively and end the long-standing culture of impunity.
