Outgoing Chairperson of AFROPAC urges PAC to strengthen institutional capacity to discharge their duties

Patrick Nsamba Oshabe, the outgoing Chairperson of AFROPAC, praised the Public Accounts Committees (PACs) for their work and called on them to enhance their institutional strength in carrying out their oversight duties effectively, without becoming overly dependent on external aid. This commendation was made on the final day of the AFROPAC Conference and General Meeting, which took place in Accra, Ghana.

At this meeting, the conference participants also approved changes to the AFROPAC Constitution, permitting broader membership, and elected a new leadership team.

The newly elected leadership consists of Malawi as the Chairperson, Ghana as the Deputy Chairperson, Nigeria as the Secretary General, Chad as the Deputy Secretary General, Eswatini as the Treasurer General, and Kenya as the Deputy Treasurer General. The newly elected Chairperson, Steven Baba Malondera Kamsiyamo, and Deputy Chairperson, Abena Osei-Asare, made their final remarks, concluding the 2026 AFROPAC Conference and General Meeting.

Simultaneously, Abena Osei-Asare, a Member of Parliament for Atiwa East and the Chairperson of Ghana's Public Accounts Committee, was re-elected as the Deputy Chairperson of the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (AFROPAC). This re-election, held during the conference, was seen as a vote of confidence in her leadership for promoting parliamentary oversight, fiscal transparency, and accountability in public financial management.

Keeping Ghana at the forefront of AFROPAC's efforts to strengthen the capacities of legislatures to scrutinize public spending, Osei-Asare's retention in this role is highly significant.