Auditor-General — institution conducting forensic audits and performance audits of Ghana's public institutions and state enterprises, with findings informing parliamentary oversight and IMF technical assistance.
… The report, titled “Advancing SOE Fiscal Risks Management, Financial Oversight, Governance, and Investment Implementation”, draws on findings contained in the 2024 Report of the Auditor-General. …
… Mr Agalga said several documents already contain answers to questions being raised about GoldBod. “One, in the Auditor-General’s report, which is there. …
… Citing findings from the Auditor-General’s report on education and the Ghana Education Service, Mr Iddrisu said about 10,700 public basic schools across 13 regions, with a combined enrolment of more than three million pupils, lacked adequate classroom facilities. …
… nce in Parliament on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, Mr Afenyo-Markin argued that while GoldBod’s audited accounts may show a surplus, significant transaction costs were absorbed by the Bank of Ghana and not reflected in the Board’s books. “Yes, we concede that it is the Auditor-General …
… The concerns come despite GoldBod’s reported GH¢5.44 billion overall surplus for the 2025 financial year, according to the Auditor-General’s report. …
A forensic audit by the Auditor-General has revealed an elaborate scheme adopted by the Ghana Embassy staff in Washington, D.C., to share the money the embassy extorted from visa and passport applicants between 2019 and 2025. …
The Auditor-General’s latest Performance Audit Report on the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has exposed disturbing weaknesses in Ghana’s petroleum quality assurance regime. …
According to an IMF Technical Assistance Report based on the 2024 Auditor-General findings, State-Owned Enterprises accumulated approximately GH¢18.6 billion in financial irregularities, with outstanding debtors and loans accounting for GH¢12.54 billion of the total. The IMF warned that persistent financial weaknesses could increase government's fiscal exposure and called for stronger oversight and governance of SOEs.
According to an IMF Technical Assistance Report based on the 2024 Auditor-General findings, State-Owned Enterprises accumulated approximately GH¢18.6 billion in financial irregularities, with outstanding debtors and loans accounting for GH¢12.54 billion of the total. The IMF warned that persistent financial weaknesses could increase government's fiscal exposure and called for stronger oversight and governance of SOEs.
An opinion piece argues that the Chief Justice's visits to state-owned enterprises to assess their performance fall outside his constitutional remit, which limits him to heading the Judiciary and presiding over the Supreme Court, and constitute an unconstitutional blurring of separation of powers.
A forensic audit of Ghana's Embassy in the United States found that the embassy's IT officer, Fred Kwarteng, owned a company awarded nearly $296,000 to renovate the ambassador's residence, with two payments totalling $295,907.84 made in 2019 and 2020. The embassy's bank, Citibank, queried the transactions due to questionable invoices, inconsistencies in company details, and the conflict of interest, with auditors noting the matter contravened the Public Financial Management Act.
James Agalga, the incoming Majority Leader, has backed an early parliamentary probe into Ghana Gold Board operations, saying it will address concerns raised by the Minority. He said Parliament could use either an ad hoc committee or the Public Accounts Committee, and that key documents including an Auditor-General's report and IMF report already contain answers to questions about GoldBod.
Ghana's Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said the government is prioritizing foundational learning in literacy and numeracy to improve education outcomes, noting that increased school access has not translated into improved learning. He emphasized that educational progress should be measured by whether children are acquiring expected competencies, not only by enrollment and infrastructure metrics.
The CEO of Ghana Gold Board has challenged the Minority Leader to produce IMF evidence directly implicating GoldBod in Bank of Ghana losses under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, while the Minority Caucus maintains that GoldBod must be held accountable and has filed a parliamentary motion for accountability.
Ghana's Parliamentary Minority cited an IMF report claiming the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme cost the Bank of Ghana GH¢22 billion (US$1.7 billion) in losses in 2025, and called for a full examination of how the programme was structured, financed and managed.
A forensic audit by the Auditor-General found that Ghana's Washington Embassy staff operated an elaborate scheme from 2019 to 2025 to extort money from visa and passport applicants, generating $19.4 million in illegal funds through fake websites and inflated charges. Embassy IT Officer Fred Kwarteng used websites including GhanaPV.Org—which mimicked the official Embassy site—to charge applicants $29.75 for services that cost around $10.1.
Former ISSER director Professor Peter Quartey has criticized the government's first-half 2026 expenditure cuts as excessive, cautioning that a 20.6 per cent reduction in public spending poses risks to essential public services and infrastructure. He argued that while fiscal discipline is necessary for macroeconomic stability, deviations of up to five per cent from planned expenditure are acceptable.
An Auditor-General Performance Audit Report found that approximately 87 million litres of petrol were distributed without undergoing mandatory petroleum marking, resulting in an estimated GH¢78.6 million loss to the Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund and raising concerns about possible tax revenue losses. The report highlights serious weaknesses in Ghana's petroleum quality assurance regime, with implications for consumer safety, revenue mobilisation, and regulatory oversight.
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has advocated for mandatory reclamation bonds for mining licence holders and additional engineers in mining districts to strengthen environmental protection and regulation. He reported that 29 of the Auditor-General's recommendations have been fully implemented and 25 others addressed, while the government is deploying more EPA officers and establishing community mining committees.
Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and MP for Bole-Bamboi, has called for urgent intervention to prevent Ghana's sports facilities from falling into disrepair, warning that stadiums like Bortman Stadium are deteriorating due to poor maintenance despite substantial public investment in their construction.
Following devastating floods across southern Ghana that killed at least 12 people, displaced 7,761 households, and left seven missing, President Mahama released GH¢300 million from the Contingency Fund—GH¢150 million for emergency relief and GH¢150 million for flood prevention. The Chronicle argues this funding must be applied responsibly to aid victims.
The Governing Council of Bolgatanga Technical University has terminated the appointment of Vice-Chancellor Professor Samuel Erasmus Alnaa, effective June 11, 2026, in relation to procurement issues; two directors have been demoted and suspended for three months, and a fourth officer issued a warning. Alnaa has filed a court challenge to the decision.
An analysis argues that while Ghana's new Value for Money Office Act addresses overpriced government contracts (estimated to cost USD 3 billion annually), the reform risks failing without a clear institutional process architecture defining when and with what authority each actor operates alongside existing procurement laws.
Heads of senior high schools have alleged that the Ghana National Food Buffer Stock Company has failed to disclose the cost of food items supplied to schools since 2024, complicating auditing and accountability processes. Deliveries are accompanied only by waybills or invoices without stated monetary values, making it difficult for institutions to verify the actual cost of supplies.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has ordered Anlo-Afiadanyigba Senior High School to immediately pay GH₵10,802 in salary arrears to five casual workers who were illegally underpaid at ₵250 monthly instead of the required ₵490 during the 2024 fiscal year. The school's defence that it had adjusted wages to ₵450 in 2025 was rejected as still below the revised national minimum wage standard.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has expressed disappointment at the continued neglect of Ghana's 14-storey mission building in New York, which has been significantly underused since 2007 with only four of its floors operational. The Committee noted that the building's underutilisation represents a significant loss of potential revenue and called for urgent steps to fully operationalise the facility or lease it to generate funds for Ghana's foreign missions.
The Public Accounts Committee has questioned the Ministry of Labour and Employment over two Nissan Tiida saloon cars purchased in 2011 that cannot be traced, along with GH¢223,127 in accumulated interest on the claim. The Ministry's Director of Finance told the committee that supporting documentation for the transaction was unavailable and records could not be located.
Hopeson Adorye, Director of Field Operations for the United Party, has praised the government's establishment of the Value for Money Office as a necessary step to strengthen accountability and reduce financial irregularities in public spending, though he questioned why the Auditor-General continues to report annual infractions despite existing procurement laws.
The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy has raised alarm over what it says are massive revenue leakages in Ghana's petroleum sector, reporting that more than 200 million litres of fuel cannot be accounted for between 2020 and 2025, resulting in tax revenue losses exceeding GH¢600 million. The institute cites weak monitoring systems at ports and throughout the petroleum distribution chain and calls for stricter enforcement, including real-time fuel tracking systems.
Residents of Asaloko, a community of about 1,200 people, collect empty water sachets and exchange them with a nearby sachet-water company for fresh drinking water supplies. The program removes as much as 5 tonnes of sachets from the community annually, addressing Ghana's broader plastic waste challenge, where roughly 840,000 tonnes are generated yearly with less than 10 per cent recycled.
President John Mahama announced that the government will begin prosecuting persons indicted in the Auditor-General's reports this year as part of efforts to strengthen accountability and fight corruption. The government also plans to introduce a Public Officers Code of Conduct Bill and a new asset declaration enforcement regime.
Controller and Accountant-General Kwasi Agyei has called on public institutions to confront persistent audit infractions with honesty and resolve, noting that Auditor-General reports consistently show breaches of financial regulations, weak internal controls, and non-compliance across ministries and assemblies that result in significant financial losses.