Auditing the Auditor-General: How special audit understated a COVID-19 expenditure
Investigation by Manasseh Azure Awuni A years-long investigation has revealed that the Auditor-General’s special audit into Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditure significantly understated a major cost incurred across multiple ministries. Evidence gathered points to a deliberate omission of hundreds of millions of cedis spent by entire ministries. The special audit was carried out in late 2022 upon […]
An extensive investigation has exposed that the Auditor-General's specialized audit of Ghana's COVID-19 spending significantly underestimated a significant cost incurred by numerous ministries. The audit, undertaken in late 2022 at the request of then Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, who faces charges of corruption, failed to accurately reflect the expenditures of the fumigation campaign, a major measure in the country’s fight against the pandemic.
The audit reported the fumigation cost as GHS 96 million ($8.7 million), but this report, spanning three ministries – Education, Transport, and Local Government – reveals that Ghana actually spent a minimum of GHS 780 million ($70 million) on COVID-19 fumigation. This represents just 12% of the total expenditure.
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