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Former Auditor-General obtains PhD

Dr Mirza (left) congratulating Dr Agyeman (right).A former Auditor-General of Ghana, Mr Edward Dua Agyeman, has obtained a doctorate degree.

He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in public sector audit and tax administration by Warnborough College, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

His study examined the extent of political will in combating corruption in Ghana with a view to drawing significant lessons for all developing countries in their anti-corruption crusade. The study recognised that traditional culture indeed constituted a major basis of corrupt practices in Ghanaian society today. It showed that corruption was most prevalent where there were institutional weaknesses.

His study showed that both the civilian and military regimes since independence did not have the political will to fight corruption.

Dr  Agyeman obtained Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Studies BA (Hons) from the Middlesex University in the United Kingdom in 1973, and Master of Public Administration Degree (MPA) in 2009 awarded by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He also holds a Certificate of Education from Garnet College, University of London. He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom (FCCA) and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana).

Dr Agyeman began his education career when he was appointed a lecturer in accounting and taxation at Redbridge Technical College, Romford, Essex, in the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1976. Between 1974 and 1976 he was an examiner in accounting for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the United Kingdom.

For the years 1977 and 1978 he was a lecturer in accounting and taxation at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London.

He was the first Director of Education and Training of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) from 1978 to 1982; the first Executive Director of Liberian Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 1982 to 1983; and the first Director of Training, West African Region, Pannell Kerr Forster (Chartered Accountants), also from 1984 to 1987.

He participated as lecturer in a seminar on government auditing organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Vienna, Austria, from 19 to 23 April 2004.

In his congratulation message, Dr Mirza Mohammad Hussein Mirza of Oxford, who supervised Dr  Agyeman’s study said “once again my personal congratulations to you on your accomplishing the PhD research in style”.

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