[6][7][8] It falls under the regional body African Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI) and the sub-regional body as an English speaking country, African Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions- English (AFROSAI-E).

According to the audit service, auditing of government's services started in 1910 when annually the British Colonial Administration brought in external auditors to the then Gold Coast colony from the HM Treasury in London, in order to audit and investigate the funds granted to the Governor to manage the colony.

[1] After Kwame Nkrumah took over as prime minister in 1951, the role of the department was maintained through the Legislative Assembly.

The 1954 Constitution of Ghana drawn by his Government put the department into the civil service.

The department has since maintained its role as a key independent agency to oversee, audit and investigate the accounts of the Government of Ghana till date.