{"id":404732,"date":"2018-02-27T06:25:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=404732"},"modified":"2018-02-27T06:36:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:36:03","slug":"auditor-general-wants-vet-budget-parliamentary-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/auditor-general-wants-vet-budget-parliamentary-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditor General wants to vet budget before parliamentary approval"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, has recommended an amendment of the relevant legal framework to enable his office give an opinion on government budgets before they are approved by Parliament.<\/p>\n
Mr. Domelevo believes that when this happens, the budget will be streamlined to avoid needless expenditure.<\/p>\n
Mr. Domelevo, since coming into office has sought to make the office more proactive in fighting illicit financial flows within the system.<\/p>\n
In an interview on the Pointblank segment on\u00a0Eyewitness News<\/strong> on Monday, the Auditor General maintained that an input from his office into the budget adoption process will save the country a lot of money.<\/p>\n \u201cIn some jurisdiction, before the budget is tabled in parliament, the Auditor General has expressed his opinion to say that he thinks some allocation is going to wasteful areas. However it does not form part of Ghana\u2019s system, it is very necessary because if you see a pipe which is leaking why do you put more water into it. The government may need to amend the law and ask the law to give the auditor general that responsibility,” he said.<\/p>\n