PUBLIC SECTORS’ CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND VALUE FOR MONEY THE CASE OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN KUMASI METROPOLIS

Abstract

This work assesses public sector corporate governance on good corporate governance of government hospitals in Kumasi metropolis. The study covered the month of November 2019 to July 2020 to enable us gather sufficient evidence. The analysis and interpretation of data collected were mainly descriptive. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 for Windows. This study concludes that accountability through corporate governance positively impact on value for money. The study also concludes that accountability in the public sector requires governments to answer to the public to justify the source and utilization of public resources and putting good corporate governance policies into practice in government hospitals in the Kumasi metropolis can lead to accountability and value for money. The study therefore recommends the principles of good public sector corporate governance, such as centralization, formalization, technological changes, increase transparency, establishing facts, mandate and regular monitoring and control skepticism, improve access of poor to recourse and arbitration access to justice, performance monitoring, conduct process walk-through, map risks to the organization, process, or function can also help in achieving good corporate governance in government hospitals.