{
  "id": 7624118,
  "title": "Dafeamekpor calls for forensic audit after alleged GH¢600m COVID-19 fumigation gap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/dafeamekpor-calls-for-forensic-audit-after-alleged-gh-600m-covid-19",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T20:10:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/dafeamekpor-calls-for-forensic-audit-after-alleged-gh%c2%a2600m-covid-19-fumigation-gap/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, is demanding a forensic audit of Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditure due to evidence of a potential GH¢600 million gap in fumigation spending. According to Dafeamekpor, this raises concerns about the adequacy of the Auditor-General’s special audit and the government should reopen the matter. He stated that an independent inquiry could have uncovered the discrepancy, highlighting the inadequacy of the COVID-19 audit conducted by the PAC. Dafeamekpor emphasized that the audit was rushed, leading to some expenditure lines being missed. He believes a forensic audit would delve deeper into inadequately reviewed and unaudited expenditure lines, aiming to provide closure to ongoing questions about the use of public funds during the COVID-19 emergency.",
  "summary": "Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, is calling for a forensic audit of Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditure following evidence suggesting that more than GH¢600 million in fumigation spending may have been left out of the Auditor-General’s special audit.",
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    "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."
}