The Minority in Parliament has urged the government to establish an office for the Auditor General in every Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assembly (MMDA) nationwide, as part of the ongoing anti-corruption efforts.

The Caucus disclosed that the Auditor General currently operates in 63 district assemblies, with 30 of those offices being rented spaces. During discussions on the approval of a GH¢633 million budget for the Audit Service in 2024, First Deputy Minority Whip Ahmed Ibrahim stressed the need to bolster the Audit Service's activities to combat corruption effectively.

Ibrahim highlighted the proposal to have an Auditor General's office in each district, asserting that such a presence would serve as a significant deterrent to corrupt practices.

He urged District Chief Executives and assembly members to provide suitable office accommodations for the Auditor General, emphasizing the potential of this widespread presence to discourage corruption.

“We must make sure that we assist the Auditor General to have his presence in all the 261 assemblies and the District Chief Executive and the assembly members must provide office accommodation for the Auditor General because his presence there can scare people from being corrupt.”

“We must not be interested in building anti-corruption institutions only in Accra. We need their presence in every district; other than that, we will keep on thinking that we are fighting corruption, and before we realise, corruption would have fought us.”