17 Oil Companies fail to pay taxes – Auditor General’s report
SOURCE: GRAPHICONLINE Seventeen Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) did not pay duties and taxes totalling GH¢249,800,802.28 on 219,995,530 litres of fuel products lifted for the period January 2020 to December 2021. The Auditor General’s report on the audit of ministries, departments and agencies noted the discrepancy from the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS). Twenty-eight Oil OMCs […]
Auditor-General should be empowered to prosecute – Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor
By: Seraphine Nyuiemedi The Member of Parliament for South Dayi Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has called for prosecutorial powers to allow the Auditor-General prosecute persons implicated in audit reports. He said, though Auditor-General has the powers to surcharge the offenders, that is not sufficient to deter persons or institutions from engaging in such acts. Mr Dafeamekpor was […]
GH¢1.1m paid as salaries to “3 ghost names” at Finance Ministry recovered – Minister
A Deputy Minister of Finance, John Ampontuah Kumah has disclosed that questionable salary payments amounting to GH¢1,112,896.00 made at the Ministry have been recovered. The payments were captured in the Auditor General’s report on Ministries, Departments and Agencies which said the amount was salaries paid to three people for the period of January 2020 to […]
125 persons remanded at Nsawam prisons with expired warrants – Auditor-General’s Report
SOURCE: GNA An audit sample conducted by the Auditor General in 2021 has revealed that warrants of 125 persons remanded at the male section of Nsawam Medium Security Prisons had expired. This contrasts No. 171 of the Ghana Police Service Instructions, 2018, which requires expired commitment warrants of short sentence prisoners to be endorsed by […]
All KNUST programmes are accredited – Dr Norris Bekoe
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has rejected portions of the Auditor-General’s report that stated that 299 academic programmes in the institution had been unaccredited. According to the Deputy Registrar of University Relations at KNUST, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, the university had submitted documents for approval, adding that, programme reaccreditation and having […]
GBC DG responds to Auditor General’s Report on ”unearned salary”
By Rachel Kakraba Director General of the GBC Prof. Amin Alhassan has attributed an ‘unearned salary’ which amounted to eighty-eight thousand cedis (GHS88,000) as captured in the Auditor General’s Report to administrative lapses. He said the defaulters have been notified and are already making payment. Speaking to Host George Sappor in an interview, Prof. Alhassan […]
KNUST caught in the web of running unaccredited academic programmes
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH One of two prestige public universities in the country, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), is said to be caught in the web of running unaccredited academic programmes on the blind side of the public. This was revealed in the 2021 Auditor-General’s report dated June 1, 2022. According to […]
UG runs 374 unaccredited academic programmes– Auditor-General’s report
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has uncovered that the University of Ghana has been running 374 academic programmes which unaccredited. Out of the 374 courses, 14 of them are Diploma programmes, 80 out of the 374 programmes are Undergraduate courses, Post-Graduate unaccredited courses are 213, and 67 are PhD courses. According to the […]
Eastern Regional Director of CHRAJ surcharged over missing official vehicle
The Eastern Regional Director of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Stephen Okpoti Mensah, has been surcharged by the Auditor-General for the cost of an official vehicle with registration number GC 7923-12, which was stolen from his residence. This was contained in the 2021 Auditor-General’s Report. Mr. Joseph Whittal, the Commissioner […]
Decline in irregularities in Auditor-General’s Report, but GACC advocates more punitive action against culprits to deter others
By Rachel Kakraba & Bridget Baidoo Issues of irregularities in the Auditor-General’s Report have witnessed progressive decline in the last couple of years. This notwithstanding, breaches in procurement, contract, payroll, cash and statutory deduction still rank high. Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, who disclosed this on the Uniiq Breakfast Drive […]
