The Inspectorate General in charge of Technical Matters's missions

Under the authority of an Inspector General, the Inspectorate General in charge
of Technical Matters shall be responsible for:

− Auditing and assessing the internal functioning of the technical services of the Ministry, as well as the institutions under the supervisory authority of the Ministry, and the attached bodies and projects;
− Evaluating the performance of the Ministry’s technical services, institutions under its supervisory authority, as well as attached bodies and projects, in conjunction with the Secretary General;
− Informing the Minister on the quality of the functioning and the output of technical services ;
− Controlling and assessing the implementation of Agreements on mutual recognition between Cameroonian certification authorities and foreign certification authorities.

In addition to the Inspector General in charge of technical matters, it shall comprise three Inspectors.
In the accomplishment of their duties, the Inspector General in charge of technical matters and the Inspectors shall have access to all the documents of the services they control.
In that capacity, they may:
− Request in writing, information, explanations or documents from the officials of the services they control who shall be bound to comply within set time limits;
− On request and at any time, use the personnel they need from other services of the Ministry;
− Whenever need be, call on the forces of Law and order, after due notice from the Minister and in accordance with the legislation, to assist them or to make a written report of instances of misuse of public property;
Following each inspection or control mission, a report shall be submitted to the Minister. A copy of the report shall also be forwarded to the Secretary General.
The Minister shall forward a quarterly monitoring report, as well as an annual report on the activities of the Inspectorate General in charge of technical matters to the Prime Minister, Head of Government;