Withholding audit information or underreporting on COVID-19 fumigation is a serious offence – Domelevo

Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelovo has warned that withholding information from auditors or underreporting COVID-19 fumigation expenditure constitutes a serious offence. This comes after an investigation by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni revealed that the government spent at least GH¢720 million on COVID-19 fumigation, while the Auditor-General's special audit only captured GH¢96 million.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Midday News, Domelovo emphasized that institutions being audited are legally required to provide the necessary information to the Auditor-General. He described the discrepancy between the audit findings and the alleged higher expenditure as "very disturbing" if the latter figure is accurate, and called for clarification on the circumstances surrounding the audit to determine whether information was withheld or the expenditure was improperly reported.

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