Former Auditor-General Daniel, Daniel Domelevo has advocated for the abolition of the Audit Service Board.

Domelevo, who had a public dispute leading to his forced leave in 2021, argues that the independence of the Auditor-General is compromised when recruitment power is held by the Audit Service Board.

At the 2024 Domelevo Accountability Lectures in Accra, he stated, “ My personal considered opinion, given what I have experienced, is that the board is not necessary for an independent institution.

“Read the constitution, you will see that the Auditor-General in the performance of his function is not under the direction and control of any other person. Now, the same Constitution constitutes a board and makes him a member of the board and says that it is the board that appoints staff. If they give you the staff, they can control you, they will give you chaff, hence the wrangling you heard about.

“In other jurisdictions, like Sierra Leone, they copied our law, their audit service act is almost word for word with that of Ghana, except that when they reached the board, made it advisory board to the Auditor-General and the Auditor-Gneral is the chair.”