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The Acting Auditor-General, Mr Richard Kortey, has encouraged the workers of the Audit Service to uphold and preserve professional integrity in the discharge of their duties in order to enhance the pursuit of good governance and accountability. While inspiring workers to fulfill the high ideals of the Corporate Vision of the Ghana Audit Service, he emphasised the need to maintain their lead among audit institutions in the world and in delivering professional, excellent and cost effective auditing services. Speaking during the launch of the Centenary Anniversary Celebrations of the Audit Service in Accra� Mr Kortey said that the Audit Service stands tall in the arena of supreme audit institutions and in international circles, such as the United Nations, because of the quality of efforts and dedication to duty. He attributed the resilience and willingness of professional auditors to overcome challenges to the Ghanaian personality. He also commended the efforts of Mr Eric B. Lamptey, a retired Deputy Auditor General, who documented the Corporate History of the Audit Service from 1910 to the present. Although the report could not be completed, he said, it is an extensive research work that has provided the nation with invaluable information. This allows the Audit Service to trace its beginnings as an institution and also understand the transformation stages from Gold Coast Audit Department in 1910, to the Auditor-General�s Department in 1954 and finally to the Audit Service in 1969. �The Audit Service is what it is today through the toil and sweat or the energies (ambitions, dreams and aspirations) of those who have worked in the Service before us, coupled with the energies of those of us presently in the Service,� he added. On his part, the Deputy Auditor General, Mr Nelson Allamatu, stressed the need for the service to embark upon some form of institutional and cultural reforms to make it more vibrant and responsive to current demands and those of the future.