The Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament held its second sitting for the year 2022 on the report of the Auditor-General on the public accounts of Ghana-Public Boards Corporations and other statutory institutions for the period ended 31 December 2018.

The PAC sitting held between 14^th-18^th March and 4^th-5^th April this year was to examine the status of implementations of the recommendations contained in the 2018 AG report.

Public Boards and other institutions who were flagged with infractions in the Auditor General’s report were present to provide answers to recommendations raised by the Auditor General. The Seven days sitting by the committee raised some pertinent issues that the committee urged institutions to consider in order to prevent future occurrences.

The twenty-five member committee chaired by Hon. James Klutse Avedzi admonished Public Institutions to conduct themselves as stipulated by law to prevent avoidable financial irregularities. The committee scrutinized the AG’s report on eighteen ministries including Ministry of Health, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and many more. COCOBOD, EOCO, GNPC, NADMO and National Sports Authority were some statutory Institutions that appeared before the PAC.

According to the PAC, the Auditor General can blacklist private auditors who as part of their contract fail to conduct follow-ups on reports they have issued to enable Audit Service and the committee to determine status of implementation of recommendations contained in the AG’s report.

 Auditors from Commercial Audit Department (review /Direct) and representatives from Parliamentary Affairs Unit of the Ghana Audit Service represented the Auditor General and assisted the Committee to a successful deliberation.

Find attached a report and timetable for the next venue sittings

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The attention of the Audit Service has been drawn to a publication circulating on various online portals claiming that the Minister for Finance, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta has given financial clearance to the Audit Service to recruit 800 new staff.

We wish to indicate that the publication is false, and the public is hereby advised to ignore the publication.

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Section 80(1) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921) charges Principal Spending Officers of covered entities (public institutions) to prepare and submit their accounts and information to the Auditor-General within two months after the end of each financial year for the purposes of audits. The implication is that audits of the accounts prepared by public institutions only started in earnest in the middle of March 2020. Unfortunately, the Audit Service had to suspend all ongoing audits on 30th March 2020 in complying with the lockdown directives issued to all institutions on 28th March 2020 in line with section 169 of the Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851).

It is also instructive to note that on 20th July 2020, the acting Auditor-General (Mr. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu) submitted the “Report of the Auditor-General on the Consolidated Statements of the Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments of the Bank of Ghana for the year ended 31st December 2019”. The acting Auditor-General, informed the Right Hon. Speaker of Parliament through the cover letter that reports covering other accounts would delay because of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the audit activities of the Service.

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The Auditor-General (A-G) has submitted a report on the Management of Petroleum Funds for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 to Parliament. The audit was carried out in accordance with Article 187(2) of the Constitution of Ghana, Section 16 of the Audit Service Act 2000, (Act 584), and Section 45 of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act 2011, (Act 815).

The A-G used methodologies that are in line with internationally accepted standards to conduct the audit.

 

Signed:
Ama Awotwe-Bosumafi
Assistant Director/PR Unit
Audit Service
For: Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General has submitted a Performance Audit Report on Capital Projects funded through District Development Facility (DDF) in 30 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana to Parliament. The audit was carried out in accordance with Sections 13(e) and 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584).

The Auditor-General used methodologies that are in line with internationally accepted standards to conduct the audit.

 

Signed:
Ama Awotwe-Bosumafi
Assistant Director/PR Unit
Audit Service
For: Auditor-General

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The Office of the Auditor-General brings to the attention of the general public and its stakeholders, that it has resumed collection of the Assets and Liabilities Declaration Forms.

The Office is by this notice reminding all Public Office Holders to make available to the Service, completed forms in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 constitution and the Public Holders (Declaration of Assets and Disqualification) Act 1998, (Act 550).

All completed forms must be returned to the Legal Services Office (Room 22 Old Block), of the Audit Service (GA-110-8787), Accra and all our Regional Offices across the country.

Signed:
Ama Awotwe-Bosumafi (Mrs.)
Assistant Director/PR Unit
Audit Service
For: Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General has submitted two(2) Reports to the Parliament of Ghana in accordance with Sections 13(e) and 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584).
These are:
1. Report of the Auditor-General on the Nationwide Payroll and Personnel Verification Audit as at June 2018;
2. Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General on Sustainability of Sports Stadia in Ghana.

The Auditor-General used methodologies that are in line with internationally accepted standards to conduct the audits.

Signed:
Ama Awotwe-Bosumafi
Assistant Director/PR Unit
Audit Service
For: Auditor-General

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The Office of the Auditor-General brings to your notice that it has suspended the collection of the Assets and Liabilities Declaration Forms in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 through reduced contact.

We advise all public office holders in the interim to ensure all forms in their possession are completed in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution and the Public Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Disqualification) Act 1998, (Act 550).

The office regrets any inconvenience caused.

 

Signed:
Ama Awotwe-Bosumafi
Assistant Director/PR Unit
Audit Service
For: Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General has submitted four (4) Reports to the Parliament of Ghana in accordance with Articles 184(3) and 187(2) of the 1992 Constitution, Sections 13(e) and 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584), and internationally accepted standards. These are:

REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL ON THE STATEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE BANK OF GHANA FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 

PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE OF VETERINARY SERVICES DIRECTORATE TO ANIMAL DISEASES OUTBREAKS IN GHANA

PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON SELECTED ROAD WORKS IN GHANA

• East Legon – Spintex Road Underpass,
• Eastern Corridor Road Project Lots 5 & 6, and
• The Oil and Gas Enclave Roads

PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON SELECTED ROAD WORKS IN GHANA

• Tetteh Quarshie to Madina Road,
• Ayamfuri to New Edubiase Road, and
• Bolgatanga, Bawku to Polimakom Road

For further inquiries please contact Messrs. Elliott Asiedu on 0244632442, Kplorm Dovlo on 0244231590, or Bernard Conduah on 0243317182.

 

SIGNED:
AMA AWOTWE BOSUMAFI (MRS.)
ASST. DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS

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The Auditor-General wish to announce for the information of the general public, particularly persons who applied for employment in the Service that the Service is not conducting an aptitude test for which it is charging fees for, prior to being invited for interview.

Please ignore all such fraudulent text messages by persons seeking exploit applicants. The Service is taking steps to unravel the source of these fraudulent messages.

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The Auditor-General wishes to remind all public office-holders of their responsibility to declare their assets and liabilities in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution.

Public officers are to take notice that the contents of the Assets Declarations Form shall be verified by the Auditor-General or his representative upon submission. Hence, declarants are to submit their declarations in person, as much as possible.

Declarants are also requested to bring along a nationally accepted identification card such as passport or driver’s licence which bears the signature of the declarant to facilitate the verification.

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The Auditor-General is satisfied that some person(s) mentioned in his reports to Parliament should be surcharged and has therefore issued surcharge certificates against them for the period of audit as indicated against their names in the table below.

The affected persons are to take notice and notice is hereby given that they have been surcharged by the Auditor General. The under-listed persons could not be located and are therefore advised to contact the Auditor General’s Office, Room 23, New Block, Ministries Block ‘O’, Accra for their certificates not later than 20^th December 2017; after which date they shall be deemed to have been duly served.

Affected persons are advised accordingly.

signed

AUDITOR GENERAL

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