Marine Drive Project

30 Jan

Close Down Office Of The Auditor-General – GHAMRO CEO Fumes

wontumionlineShowbizAbraham Adjatey, Auditor-General, GHAMRO, Marine Drive Project, Tourism

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Abraham Adjatey, has called for the closure of the office of the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General of Ghana, who is the head of the Ghana Audit Service, undertakes audits of the public accounts of Ghana and all public offices as mandated by Article 187 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. Mr. Adjatey told host of Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z, George Quaye on Saturday, January 28 that, lack of power on the part of the Auditor-General to directly prosecute people who have misapplied or misused state funds, has rendered the institution…

27 Jan

Marine Drive Project Stalls; Over GH¢386k Misapplied Funds Unrecovered

wontumionlineShowbizCatherine Afeku Joseph, Marine Drive Project, Ministry of tourism, Yao Agbeko

Work on the Marine Drive Project, an initiative to develop the 241-acre prime beachfront of Accra is “progressing slowly” as a result of lack of funds. This was recently revealed at the Public Accounts Committee meeting by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Tourism, John Yaw Agbeko. Chief Director of the Ministry of Tourism, John Yaw Agbeko. While explaining that the project was no longer under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture but under the Office of the President, he stated that it had run out of funds. “There is no money in that account…