COVID Audit: PAC Vice Chair says ‘no arrests’ yet over missing fumigation spending
Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, Davis Ansah Opoku, says there is no basis for arrests over the alleged omission of COVID-19 fumigation expenditure from the Auditor-General’s special audit at this stage.
Vice Chair of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, Davis Ansah Opoku, maintains there's no justification for arrests regarding the alleged omission of COVID-19 fumigation spending in the Auditor-General's special audit. He urges the Audit Service to explain why Ministry of Local Government and Transport expenditure was left out of the report.
This follows investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni's findings that the Auditor-General's special audit reported GH¢96.3 million in COVID-19 fumigation expenditure, while documents from other ministries showed the actual spend was around GH¢780 million. Opoku clarifies that the GH¢96.3 million figure only covers one Ghana Education Service activity and is included in the audit report.
While noting that the audit doesn't detail every expenditure area, he dismisses calls for arrests based on these omissions. He emphasizes that the Auditor-General isn't obligated to report on every item if no wrongdoing is identified, and the Public Accounts Committee should first investigate why those expenditures were omitted and determine the true amounts involved.
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