That fraudulent practices have been canonically accommodated, entertained and celebrated within the local government administration in the country is a statement of fact. Fraud in Public institutions is more easily accomplished in an environment where there is administrative and fiscal laxity. Indeed, it may well be said that a significant proportion of public resource lost each year because of fraud as a result of inefficient internal and external auditing.
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