Complaints to Oman’s State Audit Agency Rose 31% in 2025

Complaints and reports received by Oman's State Financial and Administrative Audit Authority rose by 431, or 31.3%, in 2025 compared with the previous year, a comparison of the agency's two annual disclosures shows.

The authority said on 1 November 2026 that it handled 1,809 complaints and reports during 2025 and had completed examination of 88% of them. Its published 2024 community summary recorded 1,378 complaints and reports. The difference is calculated as (1,809 minus 1,378) divided by 1,378. It is a rise in submissions to the watchdog, not evidence that proven corruption or unlawful conduct rose by the same proportion.

The complaints concerned alleged financial and administrative irregularities, questions over some government tender awards, abuse of public positions and other matters. The authority's 2024 summary separately included categories such as delayed public services and employee grievances. Neither year's headline complaint count establishes how many allegations were substantiated, dismissed or led to prosecution.

The authority reported 194 audit assignments and 194 resulting reports for 2025. It said findings had been communicated to the public bodies and companies concerned, which took corrective measures, and that matters involving suspected criminal offences were referred to the Public Prosecution. Its announcement did not give a count of those referrals or their judicial outcomes. A referral is not a conviction.

The 2024 community summary recorded a 90% examination rate, based on data updated in May 2025, compared with the 88% rate announced for 2025. Those figures are snapshots at different dates, so a two-percentage-point difference does not, by itself, demonstrate a decline in the agency's processing performance.

The 2025 annual report was submitted to Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, with copies sent to the Council of Ministers, State Council and Shura Council. The authority's public announcement summarises the report but does not supply complaint-by-complaint outcomes. A fuller breakdown of substantiated findings, referrals, final decisions and outstanding complaints would be needed to assess whether higher reporting translated into more enforcement or reflected greater public use of reporting channels.

TFNOS compared the authority's original Arabic 2025 announcement dated 1 November 2026 (State Audit Institution notice 741), its 2024 community summary and original 19 October 2025 notice (State Audit Institution notice 682). Local coverage independently confirms the latest official figures, but news articles repeating the same Oman News Agency release are not treated as separate evidence of wrongdoing.