COVID fumigation audit: Auditor-General has a lot of questions to answer – Akwatia MP
The Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, says the Auditor-General has “a lot of questions to answer” over the omission of significant COVID-19 fumigation expenditure from the Auditor-General’s special audit report.
Akwatia Member of Parliament, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has expressed concerns over the Auditor-General's special audit report, claiming it omits significant COVID-19 fumigation expenditure. Baidoo questioned the Auditor-General, insisting they must provide answers to these inquiries. If the omission was an error, the Auditor-General should acknowledge it, he added.
The issue stems from investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni's findings on fumigation spending during the pandemic, prompting questions about how comprehensive the Auditor-General's report truly was. Baidoo also raised doubts about the necessity of spending large sums of money on fumigation during a pandemic, noting that Ghana's population is around 80 million.
He suggested that the expenditure could be higher if fumigation work by other institutions, such as the health sector, were taken into account. Baidoo questioned the logic behind spending on fumigation in empty buildings and at times when the public was advised to stay indoors. He emphasized that the Auditor-General must clarify whether the expenditure was properly audited, why it was excluded from the report, and if the spending was truly necessary.
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