Audit Service staff urged to work diligently

Published in the Daily Graphic on 21/01/10, pg 38

Story: Matilda Attram
THE General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Fred Degbe, has challenged the staff of the Ghana Audit Service to deliver their services fervently to please God rather than man.
He said a Christian employee was expected to go about his duties on earth as serving God, believing he would be rewarded at the right time.
“A Christian worker should never do an average work; we must go beyond the average to do what God expects from us. Let us not work to please man on earth, for our service here is only a fraction of the eternal life God has given us,” he stated.
Rev. Degbe was delivering a sermon at the 2009 end-of-year thanksgiving service organised by the Ghana Audit Service in Accra.
He was speaking on the theme: “Whatever you do, do it heartily unto God, not men”.
The 2009 thanksgiving service formed part of activities slated to celebrate the service’s centenary anniversary next year.
Rev. Degbe said most Ghanaians, in the delivery of service in their various fields, did it to gladden the hearts of men rather than God and that could be a hindrance to productivity.
He noted that God created work for mankind to enable him to earn a living, as well as take care of others.
“It provides us the opportunity to be a blessing unto others and to take care of those in need,” he added.
He urged the congregation to create a favourable relationship with God and their colleagues and in all activities to improve on the development of the organisation and the nation.
“As you have the opportunity to be alive, do what you know will glorify God and the nation, because you reap more than you sew,” he said.
Addressing the media later, the acting Auditor of the Ghana Audit Service, Mr Richard Quartey, said the organisation had improved on its services through ICT to IT auditing, value for money auditing and forensic auditing, and would later introduce environmental auditing.