Ghana’s Auditor-General, Dr Pamela Graham, has revealed that the country recovered over GH¢18 billion through the implementation of recommendations contained in audit reports from 2022 to date.
Dr Pamela Graham said the Auditor-General’s interventions had also helped save GH¢11.7 billion from wrongful payments in 2025 alone, demonstrating the value of independent audits in protecting public resources.
Speaking at the opening of the Sixth Annual General Meeting and Conference of the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (AFROPAC) in Accra on Monday, she made this known.
The conference was attended by parliamentarians, auditors and governance experts from across Africa, is on the theme: “Oversight for Resilience: Strengthening Africa’s Public Accounts Committees Amid a Shifting Financial Landscape.”
Dr Pamela Graham expressed concern over the low rate of implementation of audit recommendations in many African countries, noting that corrective actions on parliamentary audit findings were often not carried out.
She revealed that only 41.8 per cent of audit recommendations were implemented in Ghana, compared to 65 per cent in Rwanda, 34 per cent in South Africa and 18 per cent in Morocco.
According to her, the situation undermined accountability and weakened efforts to promote transparency and prudent management of public resources.
She therefore called for stronger policies and institutional systems to enforce the implementation of audit recommendations and ensure that identified irregularities were addressed promptly.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has boldly sent a message to public officials who have been implicated in financial irregularities captured in the Auditor-General’s reports.
Mahama told audit offenders to either refund the stolen money, or they will be sent to Nsawam prison for misappropriation of funds.
According to President Mahama, he is concern of the recurring financial losses highlighted in annual audit reports.
He described the recurring financial losses as a significant burden on the national economy, adding that constant audit findings point to deep-rooted weaknesses in public financial management and accountability.
Speaking at a diaspora town hall meeting in the United Kingdom on Sunday, May 31, John Mahama stated, “Every year, you hear the Auditor General’s report; Ghana loses 12 billion cedis from misappropriations and things. The Chief Justice has graciously set up audit courts,” he disclosed.
“The Attorney General and the Auditor General are going to take out all the people who have misappropriated, and we’re putting them in front of those special courts to either refund our money or proceed to NSAWAM and go and catch some rest there,” he noted.
Also, Mahama has warned Chief Executive Officers of state-owned enterprises (SOE) that they risk losing their jobs if they fail to submit audited accounts and annual reports.
According to John Mahama, Chief Executive Officers of state-owned enterprises who fail to submit audited accounts and annual reports by the deadline set by the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) will be sacked.
He disclosed that his government is strengthening oversight of state-owned enterprises as part of broader efforts to improve accountability and management.
President asserted that several state institutions had operated for years without presenting audited accounts or annual reports, adding that the practice is unacceptable.
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