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WELCOME TO GAS
Ghana Audit Service -Promoting Accountability and Good Governance
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Presentation by
Benjamin G. Codjoe
DAG-PSAD
Ghana Audit Service -Promoting Accountability and Good Governance
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THE PSAD
Performance Audit Unit
IT Audit Unit
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STRUCTURE OF PSAD
Ghana Audit Service -Promoting Accountability and Good Governance
DAG-PSAD (65)
AAG 1 AAG 4
Capital projects audits
Environmental Audits
Social interventions
Audits
AAG 3
PAU (48) ITAU (17)
AAG 2
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THE PAU
What is Performance Auditing?
According to the fundamental principles ofperformance auditing as stated in ISSAI 300,‘performance auditing is an independent,objective and reliable examination of whethergovernment undertakings, systems, operations,programmes, activities or organisations areoperating in accordance with the principles ofeconomy, efficiency and effectiveness andwhether there is room for improvement.
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THE PAU
Performance auditing seeks to provide new information, analysis or insights and, where appropriate, recommendations for improvement. Performance audits provide new information, knowledge or value by:
providing new analytical insights (broader or deeper analysis or new perspectives);
making existing information more accessible to various stakeholders;
providing an independent and authoritative view or conclusion based on audit evidence; and
providing recommendations based on an analysis of audit findings. ISSAI 300:9-10.
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THE PAU
Established in 2001
Total of 48 field staff
Tabled over 75 audit reports to Parliament
Registered significant impact with our reports
Positioned to audit Extractive Industry
Oil and Gas
Infrastructure
Environmental
Programmes and Activities
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STAFF SPECIALITIES
Ghana Audit Service -Promoting Accountability and Good Governance
Engineers
Quantity Surveyors
Environmental Scientists
Architects
English Majors
Communication
Economists
Social Scientists
Statisticians
Others
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OUR STRENGTH
Independence
Diverse background of staff
Built Capacity
Management and PAC support
Our manuals and Guides
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Our audit focus
Health
Education
Agriculture
Water and Sanitation
Mining, Waste Disposal, forest degradation (Environment related)
Infrastructure (Roads, Housing, Schools etc.)
Social services (Programs)
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Tabled in Parliament 2017 (from 2016)
Disposal of Government Assets (MoH)
Ensuring safety of medicines in Ghana by FDA
Governance of National Apprenticeship program by Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET)
Forest Plantation Management
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Tabled in Parliament 2018/2019
Disposal of Hospital Waste
Government of Ghana’s Preparedness for Implementation of SDGs
Management of Human Effluent by AMA
Dismantling of E-waste
Regulating Small Scale Mining for Sustainable Environment
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Pending Reports
Awoshie - Pokuasi Road Project
Response to Livestock Disease
Disability Friendliness of Public buildings
Sustainability of Sports Stadia in Ghana
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Collaboration with Development Partners
USA GSAM (Audit of 50 District and Metro Assemblies)
KfW
GIZ
Special Audits for Ministries
Participate in all AFROSAI-E events
WGEI
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IT Audit Unit
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Standards, Frameworks, Guidelines and tools for IT Auditing
• ISO 27000 – Information Security Management
• ISO 20000 - IT Service Management
• ISO 31000 – IT Risk Management
• ISO 38500 – IT Governance
• ITIL (IT Infrastructure library)
• COBIT (Control Objectives for IT)
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Standards, Frameworks, Guidelines and tools for IT Auditing (contd.)
• ISSAI 5300 – Guidelines on IT Audits
• ISSAI 5310 – information system security review
• Afrosai-E guidelines
• ISACA
• Best practices
• Audit products (IDEA)
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Functions of the IT Audit Unit
The core functions of the IT Audit Unit:Audits and reviews
reviewing computerized financial and accounting systems and electronic transaction.
approving the form in which these are kept as stated in the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584), Section 11(3), Act.
Performing Joint audits with financial auditors
Training of Audit Staff in:
- basic IT Audit
- IDEA
- IDI Advanced IT Audit
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Functions of the IT Audit Unit
Focus on determining risks that are relevant to information assets, and
to assess controls in order to reduce or
mitigate these risks.
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Selecting organizations to be audited
Sometimes the selection of the organizations to be audited are influenced by:
Request from our clients
Request from other departments, branches and units within the Audit Service
Request from the Auditor General and
management (Issues of public interest)
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Tasks undertaken
In order to meet the statutory mandate of GAS, anationwide IT mapping exercise was carried out toidentify the business critical IT systems used in:
– Ministries,
– Departments and Agencies (MDAs),
– Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and
– Educational Institutions.
234 institutions were interviewed during the
first tranche
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After IT Census
After the IT mapping exercise, the data collected from the organizations:-
were assessed for the complexity of each of the IT systems identified. The organizations were categorized according to the level of computerization.
High level computerization
Medium level computerization
Low level computerization
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Critical Systems
Some 12 critical systems have been identified during a recent visit by the World Bank
GIFMIS
Procurement systems
Payroll
GCNET
Data Center
ID System
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Critical systems (contd.)
BOG OPS
Debt Management System
BIZ Registry
E Parliament
Digital Signature
Public Investment Management
We also perform joint audits with the financial auditors
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Training
Training of Financial Auditors to carry out basic IT auditing
Capacity building of IT Auditors to handle in-house training of IT Auditors
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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