The Vice President pledged government’s commitment to ensuring the independence of the Auditor General, saying “I am sure the Auditor-General can testify that since coming into office, this Government has not interfered with his work. In fact, I can assure you that not only will we not interfere with your work, we will rather provide the right environment for the Auditor-General to continue doing his job.”

Adding that: “I can assure you, Mr. Auditor-General and the Audit Service Board that, on our part as government we would make every effort to provide you with the needed resources for your work. We have already demonstrated it by increasing your budget for goods and services from GHC14million in 2016, to GHC19million in 2017, and almost doubling it to GHC35million in the 2018 budget. 

“I am proud to say that as we did in 2017, government is committed to releasing all your budgeted funds in 2018. Delays in the release of funds compromise your ability to meet deadlines for the submission of the Auditor- General’s report to Parliament.”

The 8th Annual Accountability Lectures and launching of 2017 Financial Year's Audit organised by the Ghana Audit Service announced these measures at. 

It is under the theme, “Protecting the Public Purse – Our Commitment Towards Ghana’s Development Agenda”.

Other speakers at the event included the US Ambassador, Robert P. Jackson, the Chairman of the Board of the Audit Service Prof. Edward Dua Agyemang, and the Auditor General, Paul Yaw Domelevo.

A number of former Auditors-General including Osei Tutu Prempeh, Prof Dua Agyemang and Richard Quartey were honoured at the event.
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