Parliament is working with the Ghana Audit Service to develop a digital tracking system to monitor the implementation of recommendations and resolutions arising from the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
The initiative is expected to strengthen parliamentary oversight of public financial management by ensuring that financial irregularities identified through audit reports do not remain unresolved after parliamentary hearings.
Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, disclosed this at the 6th General Meeting and Conference of the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (AFROPAC) in Accra on Monday, November 2, 2026.
He said the Parliamentary Service is collaborating with the Ghana Audit Service to develop and deploy the system to facilitate the systematic monitoring and reporting of the implementation of PAC recommendations.
According to him, dedicated personnel would be assigned to monitor progress once the system becomes operational, with periodic reports generated to help the Committee assess compliance and identify outstanding recommendations.
The system is also expected to ensure sustained follow-up on corrective measures required of public institutions cited in audit reports.
Mr Djietror explained that the effectiveness of parliamentary oversight should not be measured solely by the number of audit reports examined, public officials summoned or recommendations issued.
Rather, he argued that the real value of parliamentary scrutiny lies in whether identified deficiencies are addressed and financial irregularities corrected.
He stressed that Public Accounts Committees must move beyond identifying financial irregularities to establishing effective mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of their recommendations.
The Clerk indicated that the Parliamentary Service is also collaborating with the Ghana Audit Service and the Internal Audit Agency to develop harmonised reporting templates and standardised information-sharing arrangements.
The measures, he said, are expected to improve institutional coordination and make the monitoring of audit recommendations more effective.
Mr Djietror identified effective collaboration between Public Accounts Committees and Supreme Audit Institutions as fundamental to strengthening accountability and ensuring responsible management of public resources.
He noted that Parliament’s constitutional responsibilities extend beyond passing legislation and approving national budgets to scrutinising public expenditure and holding public institutions accountable for implementing approved policies and programmes.
The three-day AFROPAC conference, held under the theme, “Oversight for Resilience: Strengthening Africa’s Public Accounts Committees Amid the Shifting Financial Landscapes,” brought together parliamentary representatives and accountability institutions from across Africa to exchange experiences and strengthen parliamentary oversight of public financial management.
Mr Djietror reaffirmed the commitment of the Parliamentary Service of Ghana to providing the professional and technical support required for Parliament to effectively discharge its constitutional mandate.