Thursday, October 3, 2024

Welcome to the Internal Audit Agency

Message From The Board Chairman

Mr. Joseph Winful – Board Chairman
Mr. Joseph Winful – Board Chairman

I warmly welcome you to the new Internal Audit Agency (IAA) website designed to improve communication with Internal Auditors, Covered Entities and key stakeholders in the public sector of Ghana. The new website comes with the following features:

  • Facilitates the online submission of reports to the Agency.
  • Make available to stakeholders basic reference laws on Public Financial Management (PFM) and Internal Auditing.
  • Provide Guidelines, Templates and Documents online for easy accessibility and use by our stakeholders.
  • Provide periodic updates on activities at the Agency and provides an interactive platform to bridge the communication gap between the Agency and stakeholders.
  • Provides information on Contemporary Professional Standards in Public Sector Internal Auditing.
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Our Vision

To be a Centre of Excellence in promoting best practices in internal auditing with Integrity and Professionalism.

Our Mission

To exercise oversight responsibility over internal audit practice in the Public Service by coordinating, facilitating, and setting standards, supporting capacity building for quality assurance, and providing national internal audit coverage for good corporate governance and effective risk management in the Public Service.

Core Values

The following are the core values of the Agency which staff are expected to exhibit in the execution of their duties. These core values are professional and statutory requirements that guides the behaviours and conduct of the staff of the Agency.

Latest News

ZONAL REVIEW PANEL SITTINGS

Regulation 4(2c) of the Internal Audit Regulations 2011, L.I. 1994 mandates the Agency in the review of reports from public institutions, to set up...

AUDIT COMMITTEE INAUGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION BUREAU

The Audit Committee of the Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIB) was inaugurated by Mr. Alhassan Fuseini on behalf of Dr....

2024 ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT CONFERENCE

The 2024 edition of the Annual Internal Audit Conference of the Internal Audit Agency was held on the 21st and 22nd August at the...

IAA HOLDS MEDIA BRIEFING

On the 20th August, 2024, the Agency held a Media briefing at its office premises. The press briefing was a pre-cursor to the 2024...

SECRETARIES TO AUDIT COMMITTEES IN THE GREATER ACCRA TRAINED

A one (1)-day capacity-building training workshop was organized by the Internal Audit Agency for Secretaries of Statutory Audit Committees in various categories of Public...

INTERNAL AUDIT AGENCY (IAA) SIGNS MoU WITH GHANA COMMODITY EXCHANGE (GCX)

The Internal Audit Agency (IAA) and the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) on the 14TH August, 2024 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU...

INAUGURATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

On behalf of the Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr. E.O Osae, Mr. Alhassan  Fuseini inaugurated the Audit Committee of the Accra Metropolitan...

Upcoming Event

Event: Internal Audit Training
Topic 1: “Responding to Audit Findings”
Topic 2: “Working Paper Management”
Date: 1st to 17th October 2024
Venue: Various Regions
Call 0362196941 for more details.
Click here to register.

2024 Training Plan

In line with the mandate of the Internal Audit Agency under the Internal Audit Agency Act 2003 (Act 658) and the Internal Audit Regulations 2011(L.I. 1994) as well as the Public Financial Management Act 2016 (Act 921), the following capacity building programmes have been slated (where appropriate) for Internal Auditors’, Audit Committees, Boards, Councils and functionaries within Covered Entities in the 2024 Fiscal Year. Heads of Covered Entities are advised to include these trainings in their 2024 Staff Capacity Building Plans as part of their 2024 Risk-based Internal Audit Work Plans.
Click here to access the 2024 Training Plan.

Directives Issued

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