ARUSHA: INTERNAL auditors in the country have voiced concerns over threats and intimidations they were subjected to by management and directors and organizations they are working for.
Speaking here on Wednesday during the 16th Annual Internal Auditors Conference, President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Tanzania Zelia Njeza, called on the government to protect the profession against retaliations.
"At time we get threatened and victimized, this affects us, because we cannot perform our duties in confidently and efficiently," she observed. "We need to be given our own vehicles so that we can freely move from one area to the other while doing our audits," she added.
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