By Jimmy Malebati

Pretoria – The Limpopo Office of the Premier has received a clean audit outcome for the 2014/15 financial year.

“For the first time, the Office of the Premier has received a clean audit opinion from the Auditor General. Of course this has been made possible largely by the effective and efficient oversight work of this Legislature and its committees,” said Premier Stanley Mathabatha during the Budget Vote for the Office of the Premier at the Limpopo Legislature recently.

The Premier said the office is committed to sustaining the clean audit outcome and he hopes this will inspire other government departments and municipalities to improve their performance.

“To that effect, we are working closely with the Auditor General to ensure good corporate governance in Limpopo,” he said.

The Premier told the Members of the Provincial Legislature that the Office of the Premier will continue strengthening its coordination role through an integrated approach to monitoring and evaluation.

This follows the Executive Council’s recent adoption of the first ever Provincial Evaluation Plan which will enable government to demonstrate results, outcomes and impact in the implementation of government service delivery programmes.

“Through the evaluation findings, the government will be in a better position to communicate service delivery successes and the impact thereof. Above all, the evaluation results will inform the policy-making and planning processes going forward”, said Premier Stanley Mathabatha.

The Limpopo Office of the Premier is allocated R376.3 million for 2016/17 financial year, R391.9 million for 2017/2018 and R411.5 million in 2018/2019 financial year.

These funds include allocations for the Provincial Evaluation Plan, Provincial Policy on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management.

Source: South African Government News Agency