The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decisively escalated the combat in opposition to public leadership corruption, formally referring 3 key infractions from the Auditor-General’s reviews to the Attorney General (AG) for fast legal prosecution.

The transfer marks a vital shift in Parliament’s enterprise development, transitioning from mere administrative sanctions to competitive legal motion in opposition to officers implicated in monetary misconduct.

Speaking on Friday, November 7, 2025, PAC Chairperson Mrs Abena Osei-Asare showed the returns following the committee’s contemporary public hearings.

“Now I will be able to expectantly say that we’ve got made 3 referrals formally to the Attorney General… we’re running with the AG’s place of work to ensure he additionally does the requisite as all of us check out up to imaginable to assist.”

Mrs. Osei-Asare emphasized that the motion isn’t simply punitive however a vital effort to make sure public officers “successfully perform his or her mandates.”

The 3 referred instances, which come with offenses reminiscent of procurement breaches, unrecovered price range (unearned salaries/unretired imprest), or unauthorized bills, constitute instances the place the culpable officers have proven planned non-compliance with PAC’s directives to rectify the audit findings.

This newest motion aligns with the PAC’s increasingly more stringent stance on monetary self-discipline.

Only days prior, the committee signalled its dedication through referring a minimum of 12 public entities—together with main establishments just like the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)—to the AG for failing to recuperate hundreds of thousands of Ghana Cedis in unauthorised price range inside a 30-day closing date.

The resolution to ship instances to the AG is in line with the idea that wilful non-compliance with the PAC, a constitutional frame, constitutes an offence warranting legal court cases, in particular beneath the Public Financial Management Act.

The referrals spotlight the large monetary infractions frequently uncovered through the Auditor-General’s Annual Reports.

While the appropriate quantity tied to those 3 explicit referrals stays confidential pending parliamentary motion, cumulative monetary irregularities in Ghana’s Public Boards, Corporations, and Statutory Institutions frequently general billions of Ghana Cedis once a year.

• In contemporary years, the Ghana Audit Service (GAS) has reported successes, together with serving to to facilitate the restoration of considerable sums. However, the constant prevalence of losses stays a grave worry.
• The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, continues to make use of constitutional powers to “disallow” unlawful expenditures and “surcharge” the accountable individuals, however the PAC’s referrals now pave the best way for a stronger deterrent: legal conviction and imprisonment.
• The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has also known as for larger sources to help within the prosecution of such complicated monetary crimes, indicating a collaborative, multi-agency effort is underway to scrub up the general public handbag.

The PAC’s document, together with the advice for those 3 prosecutions, will now be officially laid sooner than Parliament for affirmation.

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