Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed concern over financial irregularities totalling GH¢5.2 billion identified in the 2025 audit report.
Of the amount, GH¢4.8 billion relates to tax infractions, a figure the Committee says requires urgent clarification from the relevant tax authorities.
Speaking at the Committee’s sitting on October 6, PAC Chairperson Abena Osei-Asare said the scale of the tax-related violations was particularly worrying.
She said the Committee would question the tax authorities on the steps taken to address the infractions and prevent similar occurrences in the future.
The Committee is also concerned about the repeated appearance of similar audit findings involving public institutions.
According to Ms Osei-Asare, recurring findings involving the same institutions indicate that previous recommendations may not have been properly implemented.
She argued that when an institution is repeatedly cited for the same control weaknesses, the problem goes beyond an accounting or audit issue and points to a failure to learn from past mistakes.
The PAC Chairperson said ministries, departments and agencies must demonstrate that they have acted on previous audit recommendations.
She explained that institutions appearing before the Committee would be expected to provide evidence of what has changed following earlier audit findings.
Ms Osei-Asare stressed that the Committee wants public institutions to move beyond explanations and show concrete measures taken to correct identified weaknesses.
The PAC is therefore expected to scrutinise how the latest irregularities occurred and what actions have been taken to recover funds, correct lapses and strengthen financial controls.
