{"id":398699,"date":"2018-02-05T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=398699"},"modified":"2018-02-05T15:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:55:28","slug":"give-me-power-to-prosecute-auditor-general-to-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/give-me-power-to-prosecute-auditor-general-to-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Give me power to prosecute \u2013 Auditor-General to AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, says he has applied to the Attorney General to grant him powers to prosecute persons indicted in the Auditor General\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists on Monday, February 5, 2018, Mr. Domelevo said\u00a0\u201c\u2026if a fiat is given by the Attorney General to Audit Service just like it has been given to the police and others to prosecute\u2026which I have actually applied for, you will see me in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;IX3XpmrUqx6k5h7UkaFEk5MYgzncNLpF&#8221;]Domelevo made the announcement on the back of revelations from a 2016 audit of the finances of the various ministries, departments and agencies, which revealed that some state agencies engaged in unlawful monetary practices.<\/p>\n<p>The Auditor General had earlier disclosed that, some GHc5.4 billion was wrongfully paid to contractors, and other service providers by officials at the various ministries between 2014-2017.<\/p>\n<p>Domelevo said he has disallowed such payments, and has recommended prosecution of the officials who presided over same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surcharge officials \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/14\/retrieve-looted-state-cash-supreme-court-orders-auditor-general\/\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in June 2017 ordered the Auditor General to, with immediate effect; begin surcharging persons found to have misappropriated monies belonging to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The order was secured after a suit filed by pressure group, Occupy Ghana in June 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>62 firms surcharged by Auditor General to cough up nearly Ghc9m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Auditor General subsequently in December 2017, announced that it has surcharged <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/11\/62-firms-surcharged-by-auditor-general-to-cough-up-nearly-ghc9m\/\"><strong>62 organisations<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for receiving payments from the state without any documentation as proof.<\/p>\n<p>The surcharge certificates totaling GHc8,886,791.9101742 according to the Auditor General, was for the period between December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The companies, mostly private organisations, also included some state institutions and staff of some government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In a release by the Auditor General\u2019s office, it said that efforts to track down the listed companies had been fruitless forcing them to publish their names.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, says he has applied to the Attorney General to grant him powers to prosecute persons indicted in the Auditor General\u2019s report. 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