Mr Daniel Yao Domelevo, the Auditor General Thursday said internal auditors need autonomy to help end corruption in the country.
He said internal auditors were the custodians of accountability, yet were weakened by "employer dominance and political interference", and must be granted full independence to deliver the mandate of the Audit Service.
Mr Domelevo said this when he opened the 3rd Bi-Annual Conference of Regional Auditors in Ho, on the theme: “In the Era of Disallowance and Surcharge, the Role of the Regional Auditors.
“We need to take a second look at internal audit. They can be likened to the eyes and ears of management. They are with the institution, and they can save the country from a lot of losses that we have been incurring over the years. But they are weak. They don’t have the independence to do their work,” he said.
The Auditor-General said the burden of the audit lay on the shoulders of the internal audit unit, and they must show strength in the face of work-related challenges, and must not be coaxed or threatened into producing shoddy work.
“Let’s not take the risk associated with our office as an excuse for non-performance. Yes there is risk, but it is part of the occupational hazard and we must accept and drive on for God and for Country, and not for our personal interest, “he said.
Mr Domelevo said the concept of protecting the public purse hinged on Government’s fiscal responsibility, the strategic allocation of resources, efficient service delivery, and the elimination of corruption, adding, and the latter was a “major threat that must be fought”.
“My colleague auditors, let’s not be afraid of fighting corruption. When you fight corruption, it would fight you back. When they praise you too much it means you are a bad auditor,” he said.
Mr Domelevo asked the public to collaborate more with the Service, adding that it was not formed to witch-hunt individuals and organisations, and noted that its delivery included; pre and post-audit engagements in addition to a 30-day window for redress before reports were validated and made public.
The Auditor-General said his outfit would consider engaging the media more to grant the public more eyes into the audit process and erode negative perceptions.
Mr Raphael K. Darku, Volta Regional Auditor, said institutions were repeating the same infractions year after year with no significant improvement and hoped that audit committees at the various Assemblies would work effectively to minimize the violations.
Rev Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Volta Regional Minister, praised the Auditor General’s office for its exceptional service to the country, saying in an era of limited State resources, the Service had proven itself committed to playing its watchdog role.
Source: GNA
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Getaway with your non***barred word***,you travelled 110 days of the year 2018 you are out of the country most of them are private holidays and collecting money from the government as business trips. Very soon you will be dragged to answer in court.
I think the AG seeks to cause sensationalism rather than appreciating the credibility and responsibility associated with his work. Behind his deportment, is an ostensible purpose of vigilantism against corruption but his real goal is to produce ammunition for his party NDC to fire his opponent NPP. He should give us a break and tell it to marines but not to the good people of Ghana.
Massa you’re talking too much these days, are you PRO or the Auditor General, you becoming worse than the politicians, look at the mess you have created, how do you expect Ghanaians to believe your report again, Apologize to those whose names were wrongfully added to the list of GETFUND beneficiaries
Stop this kweku anansi story. how independent and sincere are you when you are serving your masters? Hypocrite, you talk too much. You are bias auditor general. i use to respect you paaa but just ended publishing of people with getfund scholarship tells me you are bias. why deciding to publish only one side.
... I know many internal auditors that grew rich 'internal auditing". Regular 'external' audits will be better.
Masa do ur work w0kasa d0d0. From what i am seeing u anymore autonomy will bring dictat0rship.
The auditor is becoming irrelevance in the discharge of his duties if basic audit guidelines are follows but rather seek to please other people will fond wanton and subject the office into serious disrepute. Audit findings/queries in best practices should be given to the person involve to answer them a prior to any publication .this is the professional handwork of any professional auditor But it appears Mr. Domelevo is not a professional auditor and always bring his office into disgrace. From what i am reading suggest to me that MR Domelevo is not a qualify Auditor
MASTER, JUST WORK AND DON'T MIND ANYONE. THOSE ATTACKING YOU ARE THE VERY CORRUPT ONES, WE HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT NOW. THEY USE ALL MEANS JUST TO SILENCE YOU BY CALLING YOU ALL MANNER OF NAMES. WHEN THESE CORRUPT PEOPLE COME CRITICISING YOU AND CALLING YOU ALL SORTS OF NAMES WE JUST LAUGH AT THEM AND SAY LOOK AT THIS CORRUPT PERSON TRYING TO JUSTY HIS WRONGS. WE ARE SEEING YOUR EFFORTS AND WE WILL DEFEND YOU BY HOOK OR CROOK. NO THI_EF HAS EVER ACEEPTED THAT S/HE IS A THI_E. THE HOLY BOOK, THE BIBLE SAYS "BY THEIR ACTIONS YEE SHALL KNOW THEM"