{
  "id": 7582544,
  "title": "COVID-19 fumigation: Withholding or underreporting GH¢720m expenditure would be serious offence – Domelevo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/covid-19-fumigation-withholding-or-underreporting-gh-720m-expenditure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T15:22:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/covid-19-fumigation-withholding-or-underreporting-gh%c2%a2720m-expenditure-would-be-serious-offence-domelevo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has warned that withholding or underreporting the expenditure on COVID-19 fumigation would be a serious offence. According to an investigation by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, the government spent at least GH¢720 million on COVID-19 fumigation, while the Auditor-General's special audit only recorded GH¢96 million. Domelevo emphasized that institutions obliged to provide information to the Auditor-General must do so, and failure to do so would constitute a serious offence. He also noted that if the audit was not conducted properly, it would be a serious professional misconduct. The discrepancy between the audit's findings and the alleged higher expenditure has been described as \"very disturbing\" if the latter figure is accurate. The former Auditor-General called for clarification on the circumstances surrounding the audit to determine if information was withheld or the expenditure was improperly reported.",
  "summary": "Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo says either withholding information from auditors or underreporting COVID-19 fumigation expenditure would constitute a serious offence. His comments follow an investigation by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, which found that government spent at least GH¢720 million on COVID-19 fumigation, although the Auditor-General’s special audit captured only GH¢96…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Auditing the Auditor-General: How special audit understated a COVID-19 expenditure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/auditing-the-auditor-general-how-special-audit-understated-a-covid-19",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:24:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Auditing the Auditor-General: How special audit understated a COVID-19 expenditure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/auditing-the-auditor-general-how-special-audit-understated-a-covid-19-7514171",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:57:56.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}