In: Accounting
Public financial management is critical for successful delivery
of public services. The prime objective of public financial
management is to ensure that public resources allocated to projects
and programmes through covered entities are applied economically,
efficiently and effectively to enhance value for money in public
spending. Contrary to expectation, public financial management in
Ghana is bedevilled with gross infractions, irregularities and
malpractices which deny the citizens the quality of public service
delivery they deserve. The current Auditor General’s Report on
Public Accounts of the central government agencies, the local
governments and educational institutions reveal that several
millions of Ghana Cedis is lost to financial impropriety and
malpractices. This has been on the increase over the years. surely,
these occurrences should attract policy attention.
Ghana Moni is a Civil Society Organisation with the prime aim of
demanding and promoting accountability in Ghana. Ghana Moni is
organising an essay writing competition for Final Year Accountancy
Students in all Universities in Ghana on the topic: Accounting for
Financial Impropriety in Public Financial Management in Ghana. The
aim of the competition is to gather fresh and further evidence on
the causes and practical remedies of the persistent misuse of
public resources. The award for winners is GHS100,000.00. The
deadline for submission is 48 hours from now.
Required:
Make your entry into the competition in strict compliance with
these requirements:
i) Abstract (Not exceeding 100 words)
ii) Introduction (Not exceeding 200 words)
iii) Taxonomy of financial impropriety3 (Not exceeding 300
words)
iv) Causes of financial impropriety in the public sector (Not
exceeding 600 words)
v) Practical remedies of financial impropriety (Not exceeding 600
words)
vi) Conclusion (Not exceeding 100 words)