Mmdas chop money 2016 auditorgenerals report reveals. Tabled in the legislative assembly of ontario on december 6, 2010. Auditorgenerals department not excluded from audits. Part i of my report deals with the public accounts of papua new guinea this will be tabled in early 2010. Mahama swearsin new runaway auditorgeneral the ghana star. Auditing for impact auditor generals office, waigani.
Annual report of the auditorgeneral on the public accounts of ghana. The auditor generals responsibility is to audit and report on these. Volume i accounts of the treasury and of receivers of revenue. Auditor general report volume i volume i focuses on matters arising from the annual financial audit of the provincial government and crown agencies. Report by the auditor general national audit office. Furthermore, as part of measures to clean up the payroll data, the controller and accountant generals department suspended 47,186 employees on.
It was therefore recommended that within thirty days of the receipt of the report, the chief fire officer should provide an adequate explanation as to why necessary action. The sale of anything whatsoever in a market, petty trading, hawking or selling from a kiosk at any place. Republic of ghana report on the observance of standards. The office of the auditor general is an independent body made up of professional auditors and technical experts. Mahama swearsin new runaway auditorgeneral dec 30, 2016 politics the accountant was in a letter dated december 19, 2016 and signed by the chief of staff, julius debrah, offered the appointment which he was to confirm acceptance or otherwise by december 28, 2016. Tabled in the legislative assembly of ontario on december 2, 2015. I recommend that the provisions of the fai should be strictly complied with. F raud, abuse and waste in ghanas public services masahudu ankiilu kunateh, ghanadot. The pac recommendations tracked were from 2005 to 2010. Sep, 20 in 2005 the auditor generals office published a damning report on the public curators office. Part iii report 2009 page 1 foreword my report to the national parliament for 2009 is being presented in four parts as follows. Audit service of ghana page 2 institutions of mdas, 103 mmdas, 357 educational institutions, 95 public boards and corporations and 5 special and it audits. This was also the practice in ghana before the transfer of internal audit taskauthority to the controller and accountant generals department in 1988.
Senate secretariat senator appointment dates 20172018. Report of the auditorgeneral on the management and utilisation of district assemblies common fund dacf i and other statutory funds for the year ended 31 december 2011 transmittal letter my ref. Report of the auditor general on the public accounts of ghana, preuniversity educational institutions for the 6 financial year ended 31 december 2010 of the institutions financial statements as well as a means to cover up misappropriation of funds. Accra, july 1, 2009 the wanton spate of corruption, abuse, waste and other financial. Showing the share of transfers to lgs against national budget and. Performance audit report of the auditorgeneral on the regulation of residential. Annual report 2019 of the office of the auditor general of. The controller and accountant generals department is a public institution in ghana. Part ii of the report deals with national government departments this will be tabled in early 2010. The auditor generals department aims to meet the needs and expectations of the parliament, the executive and its clients and to add value to public sector performance and accountability. The auditor generals 2016 report audited some payment claims and found a good number of them to be repeat demands for payments that have already been made for work done. Report of the auditor general part iv 20 on accounts of.
Volume i focuses on matters arising from the annual financial audit of the provincial government and crown agencies. News ghana is ghanas leading online news portal for business in west africa and around the world. The auditor general has rapped internal auditors in public service, essentially blaming them for the attempt by certain individuals and corporations to fleece the state of several billions of ghana cedis. Follow up audits conducted up to 1 april 2011 revealed that the respective federal statutory bodies and subsidiary companies have taken action on 70 85. The auditorgenerals roles under the kenyan constitution are.
My attention was drawn to a comment made by the founding president and executive director of imani ghana, a policy think tank, mr. Auditorgeneral submits reports to parliament ghana. Aug 12, 2017 the amount shows a 32 per cent almost gh. Information on the role of this committee, and its proceedings during the. This is a showcase of the necessity of the presence of the auditorgeneral discretionary audit. Generals response to my preliminary observations is still being awaited. Volume 2 contains three chapters of our work in the area of the environmentthe first report issued under our expanded responsibilities outlined in. This report has been prepared under section 11 of the audit service act, 2000 for presentation to parliament in accordance with section 20 of the act. Controller and accountant generals department of ghana. Daniel yaw domelevo auditor general ghana audit service 19 december 2018 this report can be found on the ghana audit service website.
The main sources of funding are from gog and development partners. Jan 01, 2015 dr michael oforimensah, senior research fellow, has noted that the auditor generals reports are both predictable and gloomy, adding that yearonyear, identical cases of misappropriation of public funds are documented, often within the same public institutions. Dec 30, 2016 mahama swearsin new runaway auditorgeneral dec 30, 2016 politics the accountant was in a letter dated december 19, 2016 and signed by the chief of staff, julius debrah, offered the appointment which he was to confirm acceptance or otherwise by december 28, 2016. Auditor generals report on the public accounts 2015. This report can be found on the ghana audit service website. This report can be found on the ghana audit service website at. In 2005 the auditor generals office published a damning report on the public curators office.
Volume 1 includes valueformoney audit reports, as well as chapters on our audit of the public accounts and on government advertising. Ghana investment act schedule section 18 enterprises wholly reserved for ghanaians 1. As required by section 188 of the constitution of south africa, 1996 act no. This report has been prepared under subsection 108 5 of the constitution of malta and subpara. We recognize in ghana that the neglect or absence of an effectively functioning internal audit organization in ghana creates a vacuum in the countrys governance and financial management reform efforts and initiatives. Furthermore, as part of measures to clean up the payroll data, the controller and accountant generals department suspended 47,186 employees on the mechanized. Annual report of the auditorgeneral on the public accounts of ghana ministries. The corporations are consequently audited by the auditor general or auditors appointed by. He is mandated to carry out impromptu special audit of all ministries in the government.
The auditor general brings to the notice of the general public especially public servants that staff of the ghana audit service and firms auditing on. Auditors report of the auditorgeneral to the llmpopo. The auditor generals functions are enshrined in the constitution of ghana, section 16 of the service act. The auditor general has submitted four 4 reports to the parliament of ghana in accordance with article 1875 of the 1992 constitution of the republic. Performance audit report of the ag on the management of the expanded plantation programme of the national forest plantation development programme ghana, and the statement of foreign exchange receipts and payments of the bank of ghana for the half year ended 31 december 2014, have also been submitted. Dr michael oforimensah, senior research fellow, has noted that the auditor generals reports are both predictable and gloomy, adding that yearonyear, identical cases of misappropriation of public funds are documented, often within the same public institutions. Marking 50th anniversary of p ublic services workers in ghana, ghanadots financial and economic journalist, masahudu ankiilu kunateh takes a look at some of the audit reports of the public sector in ghan a. Ghunney, the director of public relations of the audit service and copied to the ghana news agency on tuesday, said the auditorgeneral wishes to inform all. Republic of ghana report on the observance of standards and. Auditorgeneral submits 2015 report to parliament graphic.
Report of the auditor general public accounts of trinidad. This is a showcase of the necessity of the presence of the auditorgeneral. Daniel yaw domelevo has been awarded as the ghana public service leader for the year 2019 in. The director, communication unit, ghana audit service. The audits were carried out in accordance with article 1872 and internationally accepted standards. A nonghanaian may undertake this service provided he has a minimum fleet of ten new vehicles. Auditor generals report implicates mmdas news ghana. However, although the advance payment had been made on the 1st january, 2010, as at the time of writing the audit report, the contractor had not delivered the fire engine.
Report of the auditorgeneral for the financial year 201819. Submission of annual report of the auditor general for the federation on the accounts of the government of the federal republic of nigeria for the year ended 31st december, 2014 in accordance with section 852 and 5 of the constitution of the federal republic of nigeria, 1999, as amended, i am pleased to submit to. Within six months after the end of each financial year, the auditorgeneral. Ghana audit service official website of the audit service. Dr oforimensah, who is with institute of economic affairs iea, said.
Auditor general fights internal auditors business day ghana. Auditor general awarded ghana public service leadership award 2019. Notes the reports are displayed beneath the page with the current ones on top. Auditor general fights corruption in ghana ministries yen. Nov, 2015 the auditor general ag on friday, issued a statement to inform stakeholders and the public about the submission of all its reports on audited accounts in 2014, to parliament, in pursuance of article 187 section 2. News ghana is ghana s leading online news portal for business in west africa and around the world. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Section 2 comments on financial statements 6 annual financial statements 7 submission of accounts 7 statement of assets and liabilities no. Mahama swearsin new runaway auditorgeneral the ghana.
Aug 02, 2017 20170802 the auditor general, daniel domelevo has stated that his office is not excluded from audits and that the department is audited every year. Annual report of the auditor general for the audit year ended december 2016 9 table 55. In countries such as ghana that follow the west minster model, supreme audit institutions sia report directly to parliament. List of best audit and accounting companies in ghana, top audit and accounting companies in ghana, audit and accounting companies near me, best audit and accounting companies. Information on the role of this committee, and its proceedings during the past year, is provided in a separate section of the report. He is later obligated to file a report to parliament on the findings of the audit report. Appendix gi unsupported paymentstransaction prior year 2008 2009 2009 2010 trelawny parish council 3,996. Audit service of ghana home ministry of finance ghana. On account of the foregoing, coupled with my personal conviction on the need for a timely, accurate and reliable federal government account, i have opted to submit my annual report for 2015 in 2 parts. The audit service therefore rejected a total of gh.
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