Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to strengthening accountability and discipline in the management of public funds, following the release of the 2024 Audit Report. Speaking at a high-level meeting with Chief Directors and key audit heads from ministries, departments and agencies, the Minister emphasized that the era of tolerating financial infractions is over.
Dr. Forson expressed deep concern about the persistence of wasteful practices that continue to drain the country’s limited resources. According to him, such infractions send a damaging message about the nation’s governance systems and risk eroding the peace, stability and confidence Ghana has worked tirelessly to rebuild. “We cannot continue to lose scarce national resources through infractions that are completely avoidable. Ghana truly deserves better,” he stressed.
He urged the audit leadership and institutional heads to intensify efforts to reduce these breaches to the barest minimum. In a strong warning, he reminded the gathering that government has now established specialised courts dedicated to prosecuting violations of the country’s financial management laws. This, he said, marks a significant shift in how cases of public sector financial misconduct will be addressed.
Describing this moment as “a new chapter,” Dr. Forson declared that accountability would no longer be treated as optional or negotiable. He noted that ensuring discipline in public financial management is not merely a bureaucratic requirement but a moral and national obligation. “Discipline in public financial management is not just a requirement. It is a duty we owe to every Ghanaian,” he concluded, signalling a renewed push to safeguard the public purse and strengthen Ghana’s financial governance system.
