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 Assembly on the 31st July, 2024.
The Metropolitan Coordinating Director, Mr. Douglas Annoful on behalf of Mayor welcomed all to the Inauguration. He shared the purpose of the meeting and extended an apology on behalf of the Mayor, Hon. Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey.
Mr. Alhassan in his addressed informed members that the committee was a Statutory Committee and members were nominated to support management of the Assembly to deliver on their mandate. He enumerated the three main roles of the committee as Mandatory, Advisory and Supporting.
He noted that, the Mandatory role of the committee is to pursue management implement recommendations from Internal and external Audit Reports and implement directives from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. He advised management to fall on the committee to advise on such directives and invitations to PAC.
He informed the committee of their mandate to submit an Annual Report on its activities. Mr. Alhassan noted the advisory role of the committee in terms of Risk Management, Financial Controls and Internal controls. He encouraged them to bring their expertise to bare on issues of good governance.
Mr. Annoful thanked all for coming and assured the Committee of the support of the Assembly.
The two members sworn-in to replace the exited members were Mr. Vug Nanke and Mr. Abeiku Amed.