The Member of Parliament for Bolga Central, Isaac Adongo, has criticised the country's audit and accountability framework, declaring, "I've never had confidence in the kind of system we are operating." Speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, July 26, in response to the recent Auditor General's report, Mr Adongo characterised the current setup as a scheme that merely pretends to offer assurance without genuine prosecutorial powers.
Mr Adongo, a prominent voice on financial matters, articulated his deep frustration with a system he believes is fundamentally flawed. "We are basically pretending to be exercising assurance, but the system that we are operating itself doesn't lend itself to proper assurance," he stated.
His core argument centres on the Auditor General's unique position as an employee of Parliament, which, he argues, is largely "toothless" when the audit reports are submitted. "The parliament of Ghana is toothless when the auditor reports to it and simply engages in talk shows without prosecutorial powers," Mr Adongo asserted, directly referring to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sessions. "They don't have those powers, and Parliament is the employer of the Auditor.
So yes, there's independence of the auditor away from the executive, but to what end?
