1. Current rhetorical discourse suggests that public sector auditing practices in Ghana are merely symbolic rather than substantive. Some advocates have suggested that in its current state, public sector auditing only leads to
   1. Blame allocation
   2. Blame avoidance
   3. Or its purification thereof

Use actual examples within the public sector accountability (rules, policies, laws, practices) framework in Ghana to analyse the veracity of the about claim. In your response, express your opinion, based on sound reasoning, about

1. The continuous relevance of auditing practices to public sector accountability despite the growing scepticism.
2. Whether the current scepticism is justified.
3. How the current public sector accountability framework engenders or inhibits the relevance of auditing.

Also, profess solutions to the current challenges

2. Share your views on how auditing as a function can improve sustainable business practices, including ethical conduct. In your discussion, highlight the state of audit practices in Ghana vis--vis sustainable business practices and ethical conduct and suggest a conceptual framework of how the existing legal regime can interact with auditing to achieve the United Nations SDG goals.

3. Auditors have been blamed for the ongoing financial sector challenges in Ghana. Some critics suggest that audit practices are inherently rigid, and the methods too obscure to have mitigated these failures. Others argue that auditors are unfairly criticised. Where do you stand? Justify your answer with sound reasoning.