The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has engaged representatives from its 13- Constituent Bodies to discuss how to strengthen efforts to deepen public accountability in the management and use of the country’s petroleum revenues at its Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Accra. PIAC, a statutory body tasked with additional public oversight responsibility to support […]
Two of the Agenda 111 hospital projects located in Garu in the Garu District and Paga in the Kassena Nankana West District in the Upper East Region are progressing steadily and nearing completion. Whereas that of Paga is currently about 70 per cent complete and expected to be handed over by December this year, that […]
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has held public fora in Ningo-Prampram and Shai-Osudoku both in the Greater Accra Region to create public awareness on the use and management of the country’s oil revenue. Held last Tuesday and Friday respectively, the events created a platform for the committee to shed light on its 2023 […]
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) continues its mission to ensure transparency and accountability in managing Ghana’s petroleum revenues, engaging communities nationwide. This week, the spotlight turned to the North Dayi District, where PIAC held town hall meetings to discuss the district’s share of petroleum oil-funded projects and their impact on local development. The […]
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has recently embarked on a comprehensive project inspection tour and town hall meeting in the North Dayi and South Dayi districts of the Volta Region. The exercise is part of PIAC’s mandate to ensure transparency, accountability, and public engagement in managing Ghana’s petroleum revenues. During the North Dayi […]
Auditing expended oil revenue at the district Assemblies is a challenge, some Internal Auditors of the Ghana Audit Service (GAS) have disclosed. This, according to them, the lack of a clear outlining of how much oil revenue fund makes up the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) disbursement of each assembly was worrying. Mr Richard Mortey, […]
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has advocated a long-term development plan approved by Parliament to guide the use of Ghana’s petroleum revenue. Nana Kweku Dei, a Member of the Committee, stated that such a plan should remove commingling of projects and pave way for petroleum revenue to be used to execute legacy projects […]
The recent visits by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) to various project sites funded with petroleum revenue have revealed a disturbing trend. Many of the projects, intended to benefit local communities, are deteriorating at an alarming rate. This is unacceptable and warrants immediate attention from all stakeholders. The situation is particularly disheartening given […]
Auditing expended oil revenue at the District Assemblies is a challenge, some Internal Auditors of the Ghana Audit Service (GAS) have disclosed. This, according to them, the lack of a clear outlining of how much oil revenue fund makes up the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) disbursement of each assembly was worrying. Mr Richard Mortey, […]
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has urged journalists to use their editorial platforms to promote transparency and accountability in the management and use of petroleum revenues. The Chair of PIAC, Emerita Professor Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf, was speaking at a media engagement on the management and use of petroleum revenues in the country at Prampram […]
