A former Attorney General, Papa Owusu Ankomah has asked government to investigate all state institutions to unravel fraudulent deals.
His call comes on the heels of the massive fraud uncovered at the National Service Secretariat.
The Executive Director of the NSS, Alhaji Alhassan Imoro and 23 others have been ordered to step aside after investigations revealed they had embezzled GHC 7.9 million through the payment of allowances to about 20,000 non-existent service personnel.
[contextly_sidebar id=”cgjtM1FO8SGdZl5MWHyfZhq5BHQxl57u”]Various groups and individuals have since called on the President to also dissolve the NSS board since they have oversight responsibility over the because they believe it knew about fraudulent deals at the Secretariat.
He is convinced the rot at the Secretariat is being replicated in other ministries, departments and agencies across the country.
The Sekondi legislator was hopeful broadening the investigations into the other state departments will help the nation rid itself of corruption.
“With what is being uncovered, It is important that government itself carries out an investiogation into almost all the Ministeries, departments and agencies.It is important that thorough investigations are undertaken on the payroll,” he insisted.
The Member of Parliament for North-Dayi, George Loh also welcomed the call from his colleague from Sekondi.
The member of Parliaments’ Public Accounts Committee believes there is the need to tackle corruption head on.
“What has happened at the National Service is surprising to all of us. The issue of ghost names have not only been heard about at the National Servive though the National Health Service has had to deal with ghost names, the Ministry of Education has had to deal with ghost names so I don’t think it is out of place to get government to extend its eyes to other departments if indeed there are a lot of schemes going on,” he suggested.
Meanwhile an Enterprise Architect for the Financial Service Industry at Oracle, Franklin Asare, believes apart from the NSS board, the Ministry of Finance should also be held liable for the rot at the Secretariat.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana