The Auditor-General has remitted into the Consolidated Fund GH\u00a29.5 million retrieved from disallowed expenditures captured in different reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0This brings to GH\u00a219.5 million the amount transferred into the Consolidated Fund during the 2023 financial year from the special account established at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) by the Auditor-General to receive disallowed earnings.<\/p>\n
So far, the account, known as the \u2018Auditor-General\u2019s Recoveries Account,\u2019 set up in June 2022, had accrued over GH\u00a219.7 million at the end of December 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The money recovered is part of expenditure disallowances with regard to unearned salaries and other recoveries reported to Parliament through different Auditors-General\u2019s reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Protecting public purse<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, who made this known to Graphic Online \/ Daily Graphic in Accra last Wednesday, stated that the specialised account was set up purposely to protect the public purse by tracking in real time the progress of recoveries made through expenditure disallowances. \u201cThe Auditor-General\u2019s Recoveries Account was opened at the Bank of Ghana in June 2022 mainly to receive unearned salaries and allowances recovered,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Asiedu said until June 2022, the Auditor-General\u2019s recommendations for recoveries of unearned salaries had always been directed into the Controller and Accountant-General\u2019s Suspense Account (CAGSA). However, he said the CAGSA could not provide real-time information on those recoveries, making efforts of enforcing the rules on surcharging and disallowances appear to be yielding fewer positive results.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is in the light of this that the Auditor-General\u2019s Recoveries Account was opened to track and report on recoveries made in implementing audit recommendations with regard to unearned salaries and allowances,\u201d Mr Asiedu said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Infractions<\/strong><\/p>\nEach year, the Auditor-General\u2019s reports to Parliament were often replete with issues of infractions in the use of public funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Article 187(7)(b) of the 1992 Constitution provided that in the performance of its functions, the Auditor-General might disallow any item of expenditure which was contrary to law and surcharge the amount of any expenditure disallowed upon the person responsible for incurring or authorising the expenditure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Disallowance of expenditure normally leads to the Auditor-General recommending recovery from individuals, public officers and institutions who committed infractions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was through the same process of disallowing expenditure contrary to law that the service recovered over GH\u00a22.2 billion between 2017 and 2020.<\/p>\n
Timely reports<\/strong><\/p>\nMr Asiedu stated that the Auditor-General\u2019s Office had in 2023 submitted 22 audit reports to Parliament in compliance with the constitutional requirement.<\/p>\n
He explained that measures put in place at the Audit Service by the current administration continue to yield positive results.<\/p>\n
That, the Auditor-General pointed out, had subsequently aided the operations of the Auditor-General to submit audited reports to Parliament before the constitutional deadline in three consecutive years.<\/p>\n
Consequently, he said 18 audit reports were submitted to Parliament in 2021, 15 reports in 2022, and 22 reports in 2023, underscoring the importance of producing timely audited reports.<\/p>\n
Appreciation<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Auditor-General expressed appreciation to the government and the Minister of Finance for the timely release of funds to the Audit Service to facilitate the discharge of its constitutional mandate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also thank the staff of the Audit Service for their diligent and dedicated work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Audit Service will continue to promote good governance, transparency, accountability and probity in the country\u2019s public financial management system,\u201d Mr Asiedu added.<\/p>\n
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