President Mahama has directed all Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) in the country to implement the Auditor General’s report or face sanctions.
[contextly_sidebar id=”6A25mo8F7WyXGQ7lkmC8TIdrXlnIg4jI”]Pressure group, Occupy Ghana, had earlier threatened to drag the Auditor General to court if it does not retrieve monies that were illegally paid to some individuals.
“I am writing to all Ministers and giving them deadlines for implementation of Auditor General’s report as it pertains to their various MDAs,” Mahama stated at the High Level Conference on the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) held in Accra on Monday.
He said “Ministers who are supposed to be the Chairperson of their various ARICS would be required to either surcharge persons for state resources misapplied or in cases where it is recommended hand over to the Attorney General any persons found culpable of misappropriating government finances.”
He insisted that “Failure to implement the AG’s report by the deadline will attract severe sanctions on the Minister concerned.”
Some revelations by the the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Auditor Generals report has also shown that some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have misused public funds.
The Attorney General’s Department has announced that it has so far retrieved GH¢14.5 million from persons who were awarded and paid illegal monies under the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Authority (GYEEDA).
By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana