{"id":56853,"date":"2014-10-16T07:04:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T07:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=56853"},"modified":"2014-10-16T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T07:47:19","slug":"occupy-protestors-to-sue-auditor-attorney-generals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=56853","title":{"rendered":"Occupy protestors to sue Auditor, Attorney Generals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The organisers of the Occupy Flagstaffhouse protests, say they are considering taking legal action against the Auditor-General and the Attorney-General to court, for failing \u00a0to retrieve state funds which were illegally paid to some individuals.<\/p>\n

The supreme court, in July, ruled that businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome was to\u00a0refund\u00a0Gh\u023b 51.2 million<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0to the state.<\/p>\n

And though the Auditor General’s office had\u00a0initiated\u00a0moves to recover<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0the funds in August, no progress has apparently been made.<\/p>\n

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[contextly_sidebar id=”LNIL5xw9vAEom2uv1Y2LHlmhV3CT3Cli”]According to the lead organiser of the movement, Nana Akwasi Awuah, the failure of the Auditor General to retrieve the funds is unacceptable as he is “empowered to disallow expenditure that is unlawful and surcharge whichever public official that authorised the expenditure.”<\/p>\n

The group hit the streets\u00a0on Republic Day<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and the Red Friday campaign<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> and planned a second protest which was subsequently called off<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Responding to claims that they have \u00a0failed to sustain their initial pressure on government, Nana Akwasi Awuah insisted that the Occupy Ghana movement was continuing their pursuit of better governance in the country.<\/p>\n

“We at Occupy Ghana believe in the rule of law and we will critically analyse all the avenues afforded us by law to pursue our objective of demanding good governance,” he said.<\/p>\n

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By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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