GH¢299m COVID fumigation spending audited but left out of report, says Manasseh Awuni
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says the Audit Service has confirmed it audited GH¢299 million spent by the Ministry of Local Government on COVID-19 fumigation, even though the expenditure was omitted from its final report.
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has reported that the Audit Service has confirmed it audited the GH¢299 million spent by the Ministry of Local Government on COVID-19 fumigation, despite the expenditure being omitted from the final report. Awuni wrote to the Audit Service, asking why the fumigation expenditure was missing from the Auditor-General's report on COVID-19 spending.
The Audit Service responded that they had indeed audited all the expenditure, including the Ministry of Local Government's fumigation costs. However, Awuni's investigation reveals that the Ministry's spending of GH¢299 million on fumigation was not reflected in the audit report, which instead put the total cost at GH¢96 million.
This omission has raised questions about the audit's objective of providing a fair representation of COVID-19 revenues and expenditures.
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