Bahraini media man Hasan Qambar wondered through his program "Tanatish" whether Bahrain will be affected by the popular movements in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait, and said "Is Bahrain being ruled by prophets or angels? Of course no".

The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society said that the report of the National Audit Office revealed information and figures exposing a small fraction of the evidence of rampant corruption in all state institutions and bodies.

In Bahrain, acts of corruption are referred to with soft terms such as "remarks". Following his meeting with the Government Executive Committee which reviewed the 2018-2019 NAO report, the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that 10 remarks mentioned in the report were referred to the public prosecution over criminal suspicions.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that 7 entities were referred to the Public Prosecution over violations mentioned in the National Audit Office (NAO) report for 2019.

Why doesn't the Finance Ministry present transparent data on the public debt? Why did it reveal a number less than the actual one last year? How did the government exceed the legal debt ceiling? What are the independent companies that don't add their debts to the general balance? Is there actually any independent company?

The National Audit Office Report said that the NHRA addressed the Tender Board to renew the contracts of some suppliers within a period of less than three months from the date of their expiry, or after their expiry in some cases, which is contrary to the rules of the Tender Board No. 2 for 2003.

The report of National Audit Office monitored employees in Mumtalakat Company receiving salaries that exceed highest salary averages. Among the cases the report showed is the vice president who receives about 7,850, while the maximum salary according to the salary schedule is 6,500 dinars.

National Audit Office report for 2019 stated the Ministry of Works and Municipalities continued to use some of its revenues for its recurrent expenses, without transferring them to the state public account.

National Audit Office report for 2019 indicated that the House of Representatives appointed employees to fill in a number of jobs, despite their failure in the written exam.

National Audit Office report said that the Finance Ministry and some government parties and companies directly borrowed from external funds without including their debts in the public balance registered in the Ministry of Finance and the National Economy.

A report issued by the National Audit Office for 2019 noticed an increase in the number of students dropping out of the University of Bahrain. The report said that the dropped students reached 7 thousand and 300 within 3 years, costing the state budget about 12 million BD from 2015 to 2018.

National Audit Office report for the year 2019 said that Institute of Public Administration hires a foreign consultant for 63000 BD a year, but it doesn't completely make use of his services, given that this foreign consultant is the Director-General of another institute in Belgium.

National Audit Office report stated that Bahrain Airport Company gives 500 dinars for the company's advisor per meeting, in addition to his salary.

The National Audit Office started establishing a working group to implement the order of Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, which directed to investigate the electricity and water bills of all citizens.

Bahrain's Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa said that the number of corruption cases filed by the Financial and Administrative National Audit Office, which the Public Prosecution has began investigating, has reached 178 in the past five years, 129 of which have been closed.

The National Audit Office report on labor fund “Tamkeen” showed the absence of a new minister tasked with monitoring the “Fund's” work after the former Media Minister, who was previously concerned with the "Fund" according to decree number 32 for 2015. This led to the absence of the monitoring role tasked to the minister concerned with the "Fund."

The National Audit Office report showed that the Higher Education Council prepared a single booklet after a survey that showed that graduates did not meet the expectations of employers, because they lacked the requisite skills. Meanwhile, the council claimed that it completed 80% of its initiatives, and that the Secretariat did not seek the implementations of 15 initiatives that it adopted, and only sufficed with what it included in the Government's Programme of Action, which does not help achieve the strategic objectives.

The National Audit Office report criticized the inaccuracy and non-objectivity in implementation of some of the projects of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the follow-up reports of the Government's Programme action for the years 2015-2018 and their incompatibility with the data contained in the budget implementation in the same reports.

The National Audit Office report revealed the existence of numerous irregularities in the Gulf Air Company, the national carrier of the Kingdom and associated with the revenues, as the detailed notes on passenger revenues and dealing with sales agents showed that the company did not claim the receivables of total $18 million from travel agents outside Bahrain during the period from 1 August 2014 until 1 August 2017.

The National Audit Office report on the performance of the Al-Salmaniya medical complex cited examples of serious professional errors that caused the death of many patients, whose files were not referred to the National Health Regulatory Authority “NHRA”. The Ministry of Health only conducted an internal investigation without proving that it had carried out investigations. Besides, the period in which it told the Commission in some cases was 420 days, despite the fact that the law provided only 5 days.