Supreme Audit Office (Poland)

The Supreme Audit Office (Polish: Najwyższa Izba Kontroli, abbreviated NIK) is the supreme audit institution and also one of the oldest state institutions in Poland, created under the Second Republic on February 7, 1919, barely 3 months after the restoration of Poland's independence. == History == The Supreme Audit Office was created on the initiative of the Head of State, Józef Piłsudski.