{"id":224988,"date":"2016-06-24T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224988"},"modified":"2016-06-24T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:00:38","slug":"pressure-on-sada-management-led-to-financial-impropriety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/pressure-on-sada-management-led-to-financial-impropriety\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Pressure on SADA management led to financial impropriety’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chief Executive Officer of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Charles Abugri, has attributed the financial mismanagement recorded in the early years of SADA to\u00a0pressure from the media and society.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis happened because SADA went into big projects largely because of the pressure of the society and journalists to show that there are results, immediate results,\u201d Mr. Abugri has stated.<\/p>\n
A report by the Auditor General in 2013 revealed high levels of financial impropriety<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at the authority.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”PO6CRaAgkxRFfTTWo6X3xEpMW9c2pLIv”]This came to light when the new management of SADA appeared before the Public Accounts Committee <\/a><\/strong><\/span>of Ghana\u2019s Parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n