The Builsa South MP, Clement Apaak, has questioned the lack of action from the Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu to disallow and surcharge to recover public funds.
Dr. Apaak noted that he had even confronted Mr Asiedu himself on the issue.
“As a member of the Public Accounts Committee, I confronted him on this matter at a workshop. I had hoped that would ginger him to apply the power to disallow and surcharge in the public interest, but no.”
Because of this, the MP said he has become convinced that the current AG is not working in the public interest and not he is not helping to protect the public purse.
Below is the full statement
Auditor General’s Refusal To Surcharge Not In Public Interest
Why has the current Auditor General (AG) Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, refused to use the power to disallow and surcharge to recover public funds when Daniel Yaw Domelevo used same to recover GH 66M.
The power to disallow and surcharge was affirmed by the Supreme Court in the OccupyGhana case, and Daniel Yaw Domelevo gave it effect, until he was hounded out of office.
Strangely Domelevo’s successor, the current AG, John Akuamoah Asiedu, has refused to use this power/authority. The 2020 & 2021 AG reports on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) alone, which he superintended over, indicate that GH 12B & GH 17B can’t be accounted for respectively. Yet, he is not surcharging!
As a member of the Public Accounts Committee, I confronted him on this matter at a workshop. I had hoped that would ginger him to apply the power to disallow and surcharge in the public interest, but no.
I’m now convinced that the current AG is not working in the public interest, he is not helping to protect the public purse. In fact, he is enhancing the dissipation of public resources.
It’s a shame that rather than working against corruption, the refusal of Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu to disallow and surcharge is enhancing corruption.
An AG whose work is against the public interest is not fit for purpose and ought not be tolerated. A public officer must work in the public interest.
In Solidarity,
Dr. Clement Apaak
M.P, Builsa South
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In the same vain, the refusal by the auditor general to surcharge MP's who took double salary is not in the national interest. A group of inward looking, greedy, selfish, self centered, wicked and insensitive who represents nobody but themselves. Apart from MP's ,is there any public sector worker who doesn't know his or her salary until the end of his tenure , you think Ghanaians are ***barred word***. We know who you were, we know you paaaaa, and you know we know you
We must encourage the AG to surcharge the corrupt double salary NDC MPs hiding in Parliament.
I am very surprised by Dr Apaak's statement. Why is it that he cannot through parliament invite the Auditor-General before Public Accounts Committee to ask his questions and hold A-G to account? Such invitation will be more fruitful than issuing statements. Dr Apaak, do the right thing and engage the A-G through parliament.