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The Ghana Audit Service (GAS) is to undertake procurement and contract audit to ensure that contracting and procurement activities are consistent with the procurement law.

Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General, said the goal was to make sure that, goods and services or contracts were carried out in a manner that enhanced access, competition, fairness and resulted in best value to the people of Ghana.

He was speaking at the launch of the “National Payroll and Personnel Verification Audit” at Elmina on Monday.

He said the procurement and contract audit also formed part of the Public Financial Management Reform (PFMR) aimed at promoting fiscal discipline, strategic allocation of resources and efficient service delivery.

The GAS in collaboration with the Controller and Accountant General had embarked on a nationwide payroll audit as part of efforts to eliminate ghost names from the government’s payroll.

“In future the exercise will not be limited to the payroll but will be extended to procurement and contracts to promote effective, efficient and economical use of public resources to propel national development” Mr Domelevo added.

He noted that between 10,000 and 12,000 workers on the payroll resigned, died or went on pension, every year, something, which required that the payroll was continuously cleansed, while systems were put place to ensure its credibility.

He warned that a “disallowed expenditure” would be issued on payrolls found with ghost names and surcharged as well.