AG not happy with MDG’s spending of public funds


The Auditor General has observed what it termed continued violations and financial indiscipline on the part of Ministries, Departments and Agencies regarding the effective and efficient utilization of public funds.
 
According to the Auditor General the financial irregularities across the country show the lack of probity, non-compliance and disregard for the tenets of regulations governing the utilization of State resources. 

These were contained in a Letter to Parliament. 

Reading critical portions of the letter during the first 2016 public hearing of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Monday, the Chairman of the Committee Kweku Agyemang-Manu said the Controller and Accountant General’s Department and the Ministry of Finance should be held responsible for the infractions across the country. 

The Committee is considering the Auditor General’s report for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 financial years. 

Appearing before the Committee were the Minister of Finance and the Controller and Accountant General and their Directors.  

Mr. Agyemang-Manu reiterated the frustrations of the Auditor General.

Mr. Agyemang-Manu also touched on the need to establish the Audit Report Implementation Committees as prescribed by the law to ensure that recommendations of the Auditor General are worked on.

The Minister of Finance Seth Terkper told the Committee that several interventions are being implemented to help address the financial improprieties cited in the Auditor General’s reports.


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