“Don’t turn yourselves into thieves, go and arrest the thieves for us”; this was the advice of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah to auditors.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a training workshop organized for Ghana Health Service, Internal Audit Division, on Wednesday 21 May 2018, in Kumasi, the minister urged the auditors to eschew corruption.
He emphasized that it is their duty to correct the system and should therefore not allow themselves to be influenced.
“While you’re doing your work, it’s quite tempting because, we know people are afraid of auditors and because people are afraid of auditors, it gives the basis to be corrupt because you could easily be influenced…,” he said.
“I will beg you to refrain from that [and] eschew corruption other than that it could be like…some police officers who were recently arrested for hiring or renting ammunition to thieves.
“So, if you’ve to go and correct the system and you are taking bribe, you’re worsening the whole thing. So, don’t turn yourselves into thieves, rather go and arrest the thieves for us,” he said.
Source: 3news.com
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Please auditor general, take the comment of the first contributor serious. This corruption canker permeates into our public service with the help of the internal auditors
The auditors connivance with the managers to steal from the state, especially GHANA prison service internal auditors, tweeeaaaa, they collect even bag of rice to shield the store keepers and their commanders. On the paper CONTRACTOR supposed to bring ten bags of corn but he would bring five and the remaining five money would be shared among themselves. Sooooooo CRIMINAL.
The other way round during elections?