President John Dramani Mahama has this morning officially submitted his assets portfolio to the Audit Service in compliance with the constitutional requirement outlined in article 286 of the 1992 constitution, and the Public Office Declaration Of Asset And Disqualifications Act 1998, Act 550. The declaration, received by Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu, provides details of the president’s […]
The 2023 Auditor General Report uncovered total irregularities of ¢8.799 billion among Public Boards, Corporations and other Statutory Institutions. This is a sharp fall from the 2022 irregularity of ¢15.059 billion, approximately 41.6% decline. The total irregularities included US$4,585,776 converted into Ghana cedis at the prevailing exchange rate of GH¢11.88 to US$1 as of 31 […]
The Auditor-General has asked the Head of the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate to recover an outstanding debt of GH₵1,350,252 from the Cocoa Marketing Company. The amount was owed the Directorate between February 2019 and December 2020 for the risk-based inspection and phytosanitary certification of cocoa beans in the Western, Greater Accra and Ashanti […]
The Auditor-General has uncovered financial irregularities amounting to about GH¢17.5 billion in the 2021 audit report of public boards and corporations and other statutory institutions. It represents a 36 per cent jump from the 2020 figure of GH¢12.85 billion. In the last five years, financial irregularities in public boards and corporations have hit over GH¢50.8 […]
Parliament has constituted a four-member ad hoc committee for the recommendation of an auditor to audit and report on the accounts of the Office of the Auditor General. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. The committee The committee is chaired by Mr James Klutse Avedzi, Member […]
The immediate past Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo has revealed that it was the then President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who encouraged him to accept the position of Auditor-General in December 2016. Mr Domelevo was appointed as Auditor-General by former President John Dramani Mahama in December 2016 during the transition period when Mr Mahama was […]
The Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has resumed work after exhausting his 167-day accumulated leave. Mr Domelevo was made to proceed on compulsory leave on July 1, 2020 He showed up at the office of the Audit Service Headquarters in Accra at 8:20am amid some misunderstanding with the Audit Service Board. The board, in a letter […]
The Auditor-General’s Department says it will surcharge officials whose weak supervision over the public payroll caused the country to lose GH¢564.2 million through unearned salaries by employees of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). That action has become necessary following the discovery in a nationwide payroll and personnel verification audit conducted by the department that 7,823 […]
Socio-political non-partisan pressure group Occupy Ghana is calling for the immediate prosecution of government appointees who have committed various infractions leading to the loss of revenue to the state. Their call comes on the back of revelations that the Auditor-General has been able to save the country a whopping 67 million Ghana Cedis emanating from […]
By: Enoch Darfah Frimpong The Auditor General made progress in year 2018 in relation to Disallowance and Surcharge by successfully recovering a total of GH¢67million into government chest. The total of GH¢67,315,066.12 which has been recovered into government chest followed the issuance of 112 Surcharge Certificates to individuals and organisations within year 2018. The Auditor-General […]
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Techiman South Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, Adjei Mensah has said he pities the current Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo. According to him, his pity for the Auditor-General stems from the fact that his efforts at weeding out corruption in the public sector by exposing such […]
