The Auditor-General has submitted a new batch of audit reports covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, to Parliament.
The reports included the constitutionally mandated annual accounts alongside several performance and follow-up audits of government programmes and institutions.
They comprise the Public Accounts of Ghana covering Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), District Assemblies, Pre-University Educational Institutions, Public Universities and Colleges of Education, Public Boards, Corporations and other Statutory Institutions, and the Whole-of-Government Accounts.
Also submitted were reports on the Bank of Ghana’s consolidated foreign exchange receipts and payments, management of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and other statutory funds, and management of the Petroleum Funds, all for the 2025 period.
A Special Audit Report on the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C., covering January 2017 to June 2025, formed part of the batch.
On performance audits, the reports covered sea defence project implementation by the Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources; the operations of the National Petroleum Authority; management of mortuary facilities in public hospitals; government efforts to reduce maternal mortality under SDG 3.1; the Rural Enterprises Programme under the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry; and local content participation in the upstream oil and gas sector by the Petroleum Commission.
A follow-up report tracked implementation of recommendations from three earlier audits on blood transfusion services, adoption services, and veterinary preparedness for animal disease outbreaks.
Under Article 187(5) of the 1992 Constitution, the Auditor-General is required to submit such reports to Parliament, which refers them to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for further examination.
The submission comes as the country’s outgoing Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, who retired last month, warned that some irregularities uncovered in the course of his work had persisted in certain public institutions for decades.
Audit findings
In an interview granted before his retirement, Mr Asiedu called on the government to act decisively on audit findings, including prosecution where warranted.
He urged the PAC to pay closer attention to institutions notorious for recurring irregularities and to follow through with concrete action.
