Auditor General’s Report

Information Ministry Paid Itself ¢151k As Covid-19 Allowance For Working During Lockdown – Auditor-General

Information Ministry Paid Itself ¢151k As Covid-19 Allowance For Working During Lockdown – Auditor-General

The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has directed that the Information Ministry refunds some ¢151,500 to its own management and staff without approval. This was revealed in Mr Asiedu’s audit of Covid-19 transactions for the period March 2020 to June 2022. The development reportedly ensued in 2020 during the lockdown at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. “During our review, we noted that senior management staff and other supporting staff of the Ministry of Information paid themselves a total amount of GH¢151,500.00 as COVID-19 risk allowance for coming to work during the lockdown,” the report stated. President Akufo-Addo at…
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Paramount Chiefs Received ¢450k Out Of Unaccounted ¢605k Funds – Auditor-General

Paramount Chiefs Received ¢450k Out Of Unaccounted ¢605k Funds – Auditor-General

The Auditor-General’s audit of Covid-19 expenditure has revealed that a sum of GH¢605,962 has been unaccounted for at the height of the pandemic. Breaking it down, the Audit Service noted that government contrary to the public financial management regulation distributed GH¢451,800.00 directly to the Paramount Chiefs of the Traditional Councils. This, according to the report, was to help Ghana’s fight against the pandemic. The report reveals that GH¢154,161.97 of the funds transferred was misapplied. “The Registrars of Ashanti and Central Regional Houses of Chiefs explained that the amounts were disbursed to the Paramount Chiefs upon directives from the Presidents of…
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Gov’t Must Resource OSP, EOCO, FIC, To Fight Corruption- Kwame Appenteng

Gov’t Must Resource OSP, EOCO, FIC, To Fight Corruption- Kwame Appenteng

A communications team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), Kwame Appenteng, has advised that the government takes stringent measures in dealing with corruption related cases in the Auditor General's report. According to him, one of the surest ways of doing so is to resource some institutions like the office of the Special Prosecutor, Economic of Organized Crime Office(EOCO), FIC, among others. He told Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show on Wontumi Radio/Movement TV that " the President has made a promise to protect the public purse and this is one of the ventures we need to demonstrate…
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