He expressed shock that despite the introduction of a system by the Ministry to control public sector expenditure, it was unable to account for GHC 82 million of oil revenue.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026how come GHC 82 million of oil revenue could get out of public coffers and the Ministry is unable to support the utilization of this?\u201d he asked, adding that \u201cthere is no room for assumption in this matter. The facts are so clear and there is no way the government can deny.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, the PIAC report also indicated that over the past three years, \u201cno cedi was allocated for any investment in power generation. There was nothing like that. Even where certain allocations were made, diversions were done and according to PIAC report, we still don\u2019t know how such monies were utilized.\u201d<\/p>\n
He further mentioned that an amount of 13.5 million was listed as being used for some infrastructural projects but \u201cthey could not provide any documentation to support that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPIAC complained that government listed these projects but they could not find them so where are they? They are not there. They should show us!\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n
The Effutu Member of Parliament (MP) remarked that PIAC\u2019s 2013 report gives credence to the International Monetary Fund\u2019s (IMF) assessment of Ghana with respect to the abuse of oil revenue.<\/p>\n
This, he said is no different from what the views of the Minority in Parliament on the issue.<\/p>\n
He said it was disheartening to note that despite the many challenges facing the nation which forced government to seek financial aid from the IMF, there is \u201cwanton abuse of state resources, the misuse of state resources, the abuse of oil revenue that has resulted in the crisis we find ourselves\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Afenyo-Markin argued that Ghana is \u201cin such a mess\u2026per the report we all have\u2026\u201d and charged the government and other state officials to take citizens \u201ca bit more seriously. Our government must care for us and our government must not use our resources anyhow.\u201d<\/p>\n No authority to speak on the matter<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the chairman of the Finance Committee in Parliament, James Kluste Afedzi on Eyewitness News said contrary to Afenyo-Markin\u2019s submissions on the matter, the meeting between PIAC and key government institutions showed a significant improvement in the use of oil revenue.<\/p>\n He pointed out that \u201cAfenyo-Markin was not even at the meeting\u2026he came only on Sunday so he cannot appreciate the entire report and the discussion that we had in Koforidua so he cannot have the authority to speak to this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n He argued that the Effutu MP \u201ccame on Sunday when we had fully discussed the issue on Saturday. He was not there but he is now saying that government is not able to account or respond to it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0Click on link to read PAIC’s 2013 report\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a02013 PIAC Semi-Annual Report<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"James](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Avedzi-citifmonline.jpg\")
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