Tag Archives: Auditor-General

Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has protested what he says is a premature publication of the report of the special audit on the Government’s COVID-19 transactions by the Auditor-General. He has consequently asked the Auditor-General to unpublish the report, pending the fulfilment of constitutional injunctions leading …

The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has unearthed irregularities amounting to GH¢1,080,913,824. It comprises tax irregularities, cash irregularities, indebtedness/loans/advances, payroll irregularities, stores/procurement irregularities, rent irregularities and contract irregularities. The A-G detected payroll irregularities amounting to GH¢5,583,498.00. Included in the total payroll irregularities was unearned salaries totalling GH¢1,501,740.00 paid to 146 officers of …

The 2021 Auditor General’s (A-G) report indicates clearly that financial irregularities have significantly dropped from GHS2,165,542,368.14 in 2016 to GHS1,080,931,937.00 in 2021, representing over 50% reduction from the 2016 figure to the 2021 figure. Irregularities generally do not represent monies being necessarily stolen or having disappeared. It could also mean …

Civil Society Group, OccupyGhana has requested full details of disallowance and surcharge certificates issued by the Auditor-General in respect of infractions committed by officials of public service institutions. The group further demanded evidence of service of the certificate on the persons surcharged, the date on which the certificate was transmitted …

A pressure movement, OccupyGhana has threatened the Auditor-General with a court action if he fails to respond to them on issues on disallowances and surcharges.   According to the group, they have written series of letters requesting the Auditor-General to furnish them on actions taken “for illegal use of government …

Mr Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu has been sworn in as the new Auditor-General by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. His appointment takes effect from August 27, 2021, replacing Mr Daniel Yao Domelevo, the former Auditor-General. Before his appointment, Mr Asiedu was the Acting Auditor-General Vice President Bawumia, who administered the Oath …

      A former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has revealed that President Nana Akufo-Addo was one significant person who encouraged him to take up the appointment as Auditor General when he was appointed by John Mahama in the tail end of the latter’s administration in 2016.     …

The former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo’s first public reaction since the directive from the Presidency to retire is an interesting one. He was, in a letter signed by President Akufo-Addo’s Secretary, asked to proceed on retirement based on an indication by the Audit Service Board that Mr Domelevo has exceeded the eligible …

President Akufo-Addo has officially retired the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo. In a letter signed by Nana Asante Bediatuo , the Secretary to the President said “The attention of the President of the Republic has been drawn to records and documents made available to this Office by the Audit Service, that …