The government has been urged to start taking audits more seriously and to make sure that recommendations made by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) are not ignored.

Dar es Salaam based NGO, Uwazi activists said little attention is paid by the central government and local authorities when dealing with the CAG recommendations.

The office of the CAG has been prompt in auditing and releasing findings on various operations of the Government in recent years, they said in a statement