{"id":401365,"date":"2018-02-15T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=401365"},"modified":"2018-02-15T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:43:00","slug":"bolga-nursing-principal-repaying-embezzled-funds-tina-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/bolga-nursing-principal-repaying-embezzled-funds-tina-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolga Nursing principal repaying embezzled funds – Tina Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Principal of the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College in the Upper East Region Bawa Awula, has started repaying school funds he allegedly misappropriated.<\/p>\n
Mr. Awula was accused by tutors of embezzlement through the violation of procurement procedures.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”rEy8zQypiwsnT5byfVxvxdTcNkHrKtAA”]Deputy Minister for Health, Tina Mensah, told Citi News<\/strong> that the Principal is already repaying the monies to the school, although the Economic and Organized Crime Office [EOCO] is yet to complete its investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was some allegation of monies being misused, so they took up those allegations and they worked on it. We have not seen the report, but we are going to talk to EOCO. We have also talked to the culprits themselves, that is the principal and accountant, and they confirmed that there are some monies they have to refund to the school,\u201dshe said.<\/p>\n The Minister also stated that such criminal activities will not be condoned.<\/p>\n Principal must go – Tutors<\/strong><\/p>\n The spokesperson for the tutors, Edward Atim, said they are satisfied with the efforts of the Health Minister, but said the teachers will only resume work if the principal steps aside.<\/p>\n The impasse between the principal and tutors brought academic work to a halt from October 2017.<\/p>\n