Collaboration Between Auditor General & Special Prosecutor Key To Corruption Fight

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the current aggressive posture of the Auditor General combined with the renowned anti-corruption tendencies of the newly appointed Special Prosecutor is the clearest evidence yet of the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government’s determination to fight the canker of corruption. Speaking at the 8th Annual Accountability Lectures and the launching … Read more

7 MDAs Blow GHc435 Million

Seven ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) could not account for almost GH¢435 million, the 2011 Auditor-General’s Report has established. The amount represented excess expenditure by the seven MDAs which was not budgeted for in the accounts of the respective MDAs. The report mentioned the seven MDAs as the Ministries of Energy, Tourism, Transport, Youth and … Read more

MDAs Cited For Spending Above Approved Budgets

Seven ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) could not account for almost GH¢435 million, the 2011 Auditor-General’s Report has established. The amount represented excess expenditure by the seven MDAs which was not budgeted for in the accounts of the respective MDAs. The report mentioned the seven MDAs as the Ministries of Energy, Tourism, Transport, Youth and … Read more

Delay of Audit Report Responsible For PAC’s Failure To Act – Loh

A ranking Member of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says the Auditor-General, Richard Quartey should partly be blamed for the tardy way Audit reports are handled in Ghana. George Loh says the pattern in which Audit reports are released “four years” later after incidence of malfeasance makes it difficult for culprits to be held accountable. … Read more