The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has advised the Auditor-General’s office to withdraw the recently published audit report on government’s COVID-19 expenditure. In a letter addressed to Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, Mr Dame raised issues of constitutionality about the processes leading to the publication of the report which …
Read More »VIDEO: What Malawi’s president did when a damning COVID audit report was released
When the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, got hold of an audit report from his country on the expenditure that had been done with respect to some COVID-19 funds, he went full throttle, making heads roll. The actions, as he stated in a video that has emerged on social media, …
Read More »Halt public funding; audit building of Nat. Cathedral – Mahama to Gov’t
Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has called on the Government of Ghana to stop the public funding of the National Cathedral. He is of the belief that in these struggling times, the National Cathedral cannot still be a top priority of the government like the President has Communicated …
Read More »Former Audit Service Director burnt to death, 5 others injured
Former Ashanti Regional Director of Audit Service, Stephen Dapaah, has been burnt to death after his 5-bedroom house was gutted by fire at Aburaso in the Ashanti region, 3news.com has reported. The death of the 74-year-old man happened around 1 am on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Five other people who …
Read More »Yao Domelevo appointed to audit committee of Global Fund
Former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has been appointed to the Audit and Finance Committee of Global Fund. The board approved his appointment, together with 11 others on the committee, on 4th May 2022. The Global Fund is a financing institution, providing support to countries in the response HIV, TB and …
Read More »Internal Audit Agency owes ECG GHS 545,000
A letter of demand sighted by Citi News indicates that the Internal Audit Agency owes the Electricity Company of Ghana Five Hundred and Forty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Forty (GHc545,740.68) as of April 1, 2022. According to the letter dated April 7, 2022, the power distributor is asking the agency to redeem …
Read More »Gabby Otchere-Darko calls out Audit Service over silence on GH¢12 billion stolen cash
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, is calling out the Ghana Audit Service to respond to claims that an amount of GH¢12 billion has been stolen by the incumbent government. In 2021, the Auditor General’s report for 2020 showed that a whopping GH¢20 billion had …
Read More »Audit Service Board Chair must go – Kumadoe tells Akufo-Addo
Security and Fraud Analyst, Richard Kumadoe, has made a call to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the chairman of the Audit Service Board, Prof. Edward Dua Agyeman for what he describes as his arbitrary conduct leading to the forced retirement of the Auditor General, Mr. Daniel Yao Domelevo by the President. He …
Read More »Audit Service reacts to alleged missing GH¢52 billion at GCB
The Audit Service has reacted to a news report of a missing GH¢ 52.5 billion which has been transferred from Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) to unknown sources. A statement issued by the service indicated that it has taken note of the news report and the interest it has generated. According …
Read More »No one had a meeting with Franklin Cudjoe – Audit Service
Deputy Auditor-Generals of the Audit Service on Sunday said they have not had any meeting with IMANI Ghana or its President, Mr. Franklin Cudjo as has been alleged by the think-tank. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the allegation that the Deputy Auditors-General are working to get …
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