EPA, Tema Oil Refinery, Ministry of Energy Lead in Public Financial Management Compliance
Several major state institutions, including the Environmental Protection Agency , Tema Oil Refinery and the Ministry of Energy and Green Transitions, have been ranked among the highly compliant in the latest Public Financial Management (PFM) Compliance League Table.
In total,seven public institutions were commended for their strict adherence to financial management rules and procedures.
In a statement issued on March 19, 2026, the Ministry of Finance Ghana explained that the PFM Compliance League Table is a performance benchmarking tool designed to assess how well public institutions manage and utilize public funds.
The initiative aims to deepen transparency, strengthen accountability, and drive continuous improvement across the public sector.
According to the Ministry, the league table also fulfills a key commitment made in the 2025 Budget Statement to publish an objective, evidence-based assessment of compliance with the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the law governing the management of public finances in Ghana.
Among the institutions cited are the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation , Ministry of Finance , Ghana AIDS Commission and the Petroleum Hub Development Commission.
The Ministry of Finance says it will engage institutions with low compliance scores to identify gaps in their financial management systems, while also taking firm and decisive action against persistent non-compliance.
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