{"id":467850,"date":"2018-02-26T23:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/government-will-support-audit-service-to-safeguard-public-purse-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T23:00:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:00:37","slug":"government-will-support-audit-service-to-safeguard-public-purse-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/government-will-support-audit-service-to-safeguard-public-purse-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Government will support Audit Service to safeguard public purse &#8211; Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>atinkaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26403715.295.jpg\" alt=\"VeepBawumia.jpeg\" title=\"VeepBawumia.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"148\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr Bawumia was speaking at the 2018 Accountability Lectures<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519686037_368_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, says government will do everything possible to help the Audit Service safeguard the public purse.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 2018 Accountability Lectures and Launching of 2017 Financial Year\u2019 s Audit at the Accra International Conference Center Monday, the vice president said, \u201cGovernment  will  assist  the  audit  service  by providing  the  necessary support  to  ensure  that  collectively we  safeguard  the  public  purse  against those  who  believe that their wealth ought to be bigger than our common good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the occasion was, \u201cProtecting the Public Purse- Our Commitment towards Ghana\u2019s Development Agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia also said the country has what it takes to generate sufficient revenue to provide jobs for the teeming tertiary graduates,  and also build a sound infrastructure base for economic growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this can only be achieved if much attention is given to revenue mobilization to ensure that all money due to the State by way of tax and  non-tax revenue is fully and properly collected and accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut  without blocking the leakages in the system,  all our efforts towards revenue generation will go to waste because some public officeholders will collude with third parties or private sector operators to appropriate public funds for their personal economic gains,\u201d Dr Bawumia said.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president, therefore, assured the Auditor-General and the Audit Service Board that, government would make every effort to provide the needed resources for their work.<\/p>\n<p>He said government has already demonstrated such commitment by increasing its (Audit Service) budget for goods and services from GHC14million in 2016, to GHC19million in 2017, and almost doubling it to GHC35million in the 2018 budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to say that as we did in 2017, government is committed to releasing all your budgeted funds in 2018. Delays  in  the  release  of  funds  compromise  your  ability  to meet deadlines for the submission of the Auditor- General\u2019s report to Parliament,\u201d he said i The vice president urged the Auditor-General and the  Special Prosecutor to work closely in ensuring a sound and effective public financial management in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These two institutions should work hard to bring to book any corrupt public official \u2013 be it a politician or a public servant, without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the current posture of the  Auditor-General and what we know about the Special Prosecutor, I can say with confidence that the desire of President Akufo-Addo and this government to protect the public purse will come to pass sooner than later,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/489C8BfG-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/RPNBB9rC-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/FgX9Higk-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 72 updated by: 72 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 26 February 2018 Source: atinkaonline.com 2018-02-26 play videoDr Bawumia was speaking at the 2018 Accountability Lectures Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, says government will do everything possible to help the Audit Service safeguard the public purse. 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