Parliament would soon stop approving the budgetary allocations of
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who fail to implement fully
the recommendations of the Auditor General's report.
Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, the Vice Chairman of the Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) of Parliament, said this at a three-day workshop for
officers and heads of institutions of the Ghana Education Service (GES)
at Wa.
Mr. Agyemang-Manu, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa
West, said Parliament had recommended to the Speaker to set up a
Financial Tribunal to supervise the implementation of such
recommendations by the MDAs.
He said PAC was not set up by Parliament only to invoke sanctions on
institutions or persons who breached the public financial administration
regulations but also to ensure that public funds were utilized properly
for the benefit of society.
Mr. Agyemang-Manu, therefore, urged accountants to play a consultative
advisory role to the heads of second cycle institutions in the
administration of school funds.
He also urged the heads of such institutions to listen to the advice of
their accountants because they are the professionals in the management
of funds.
He suggested to school heads to keep their own records of all financial
transactions and demand from their accountants and store keepers monthly
account statements and stores reports. This would enable them detect
early any foul play before it gets out of hand.
Mr. Agyemang-Manu said school heads should strengthen their Internal
Audit Units because they could help them to avoid an invitation by the
PAC.
Mr. Iddrisu Mahama, the Upper West Regional Director of Education, said
the purpose for organizing the workshop was to introduce the officers to
more appropriate measures for the effective management of their offices
and the institutions.
He said it would also give school heads and schedule officers the
opportunity to interact and understand each other, discover their
shortcomings and work as a team to remove any fears whenever they are
invited to appear before the PAC. SOURCE: GNA
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