The President's appointee for the position of Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo, has rejected the offer, Editor-In-Chief of the Ghanaian Observer has claimed.
Egbert Faibille Jnr said Daniel Domelovo swerved his swearing-in ceremony scheduled last Friday at the Flagstaff House. A letter signed by the out-going Chief of Staff Julius Debrah and sighted by myjoyonline.com said Mr Domelovo has been offered the post and is to confirm his acceptance of the appointment by December 28, 2016.The accountant, who is based in Harare, Zimbabwe was in Accra when the offer was made.
President John Mahama has been criticised by the incoming administration for making 'last minute' appointments after losing the 2016 general elections. Egbert Faibille Jnr, a legal practitioner, said on Joy News' Newsfile Saturday that he believes Daniel Domelovo may have gotten wind of the controversy surrounding these appointments.
He might have thought to himself, "I am better off doing my work and not to invite all this brouhaha [to myself]." ".. and so he leaves town and the swearing-in that was supposed to have taken off yesterday hasn't come on. I believe that is the end of the road," the lawyer and NPP member said.
"I am telling you on authority that the swearing in was to take place yesterday...he has rejected this appointment..without equivocation, that is what I can tell you," he asserted.Egbert Faibille castigated President Mahama's 'last-minute' appointments, describing them as 'a very, very shambolic' move.
President Mahama last Tuesday, swore-in Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal as the new head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and Josephine Nkrumah who now heads the NationalCommissionn for Civic Education (NCCE).
The CHRAJ position officially became vacant on November 4, 2015 - more than a year while the NCCE position was left without a substantive head since July 2015.The NPP has dragged President Mahama to court over these appointments and also criticised rumoured 'last-minute' recruitments into the public and civil service.Speaking on the appointments, the editor and lawyer described President Mahama's move as akin to 'distributing toffees to children'.
Despite conceding that the President is acting within the constitution, "the fact that you have the right does not mean you must do it". Egbert was particularly critical of the appointment of a head of an anti-corruption and pro-human rights body, CHRAJ.He suggested President Mahama has not demonstrated commitment to fight corruption and questioned why he would keep the post vacant for more than a year.
"I never knew that president Mahama had so much faith in CHRAJ that at the very last moment he wants to stamp his implementeur on CHRAJ before he leaves office," he said.He suggested that it would have been graceful for Mahama to have left these appointments to the incoming President to make.
"If he wants to be remembered for anything that he has done, I don't think these appointments are anything that he must be proud of. "There is a way that seemth right unto man but the end thereof judgement" he quoted scriptures to the President.
Source: Joy News
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I would humbly ask all reading my comment here to advise Nana Addo and his NPP members, especially those going to be part of his government and also inform John Mahama and his NDC guys to look for kofi adomah of Adom FM's interview with lawyer Maurice Ampau on Kofi TV and watch, very insightful!
Say amen to this. Whilst you praise JDM for the evil he is doing, May all the evils of your family be repeated on you this day. Say amen if you believe JDM should continue his evil deeds
You are s.tup I.d. if your father died by AIDS at 25, must you also die by AIDS at 25? this why we believe those following NDC have no brains in their head. Whilst you agree with JDM to repeat all the wrongs ...May I request that all the bad things that have befallen your ancestors befall you too.)kwasiaaaa se yes I meyonko
EVERYBODY SHOULD UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE WORRIES OF MAHAMA ABOUT CHRAJ, NCCE, AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND CONTRACTS WHICH THEY INFLATE THE COST. HE KNEW OF WHAT HE HAS DONE AND HE THINKS HIS APPOINTMENT WOULD HELP HIM TO COVER UP IF THE NEW GOVERNMENT YIELDS TO THE CALL OF GHANAIANS TO INVESTIGATE THE CORRUPT DEEDS OF MAHAMA GOVERNMENT. IT IS A VERY BAD PRACTICE FOR GHANAIANS TO SIT DOWN UNCERN AND LEAVE SUCH A SERIOUS MATTER TO THE GOOD WIL OF AN OUTGOING PRESIDENT. THERE SHOULD BE LAW IN GHANA EITHER BY AMENDMENT OR BILL TO RESTRICT AN OUTGOING PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT TO SIGN NEW CONTRACTS OR MAKE APPOINTS AND RECRUITMENT AFTER ELECTIONS IF SUCH VACANCY OR NEED HAS EXISTED MORE THAN ONE MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTIONS. THE REASON IS THAT IF THE VACANCY OR THE NEED HAD EXISTED OVER ONE MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTIONS AND THE PRESIDENT, HIS GOVERNMENT AND THE NATION ARE ABLE TO COPE WITH SITUATION THEN THE SAME PRESIDENT AND HIS GOVERNMENT AND THE NATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO COPE WITH IT FOR THE REMAINING ONE MONTH BETWEEN THE ELECTIONS AND THE HANDOVER TO THE NEW GOVERNMENT.
Corrupt and incompetent John Ford Mahama trying to put cronies at all available positions to cover his e.v.i.l deeds. He is an unpatriotic citizen and a disgrace to NDC and country. Uselllesss president...
John mahama is still a disgrace to Ghana,Tweaa
There are hundreds who are ready for such jobs, so whoever he may be could go to hell. Give it to set ttekper.
Twea, you think this guy do not have adwene, and as a result leave his lucrative job with peace for one that is politically motivated and without peace? I don't know what you will do in this situation but am gonna do same. Bolt away with the next available plane. The saddest thing is that he was not able to be upfront with the government when he was consulted. He has wasted everybody's time though. Well, don't blame him much.
Mr soon to become one of the pictures on the bus branding, Ghanaians ve rejected you already, this is clear indication of a confuuse incummpetent president, just some few days left, you want fill all the vacant positions to protect your rotten butoox ' hahahaha, too late , you and your cronies will definitely cough out all the monies u stolle from us, shaaaame, does it mean u did not consult the man before the appointment, u see when we say incommmpetent, then we're not far from right coz this clear manifestation of an indecisive person, it won't change anything, ur legacy will forever be remembered as the most corruuupt president ever.
This guy should be appointed the governor of BOG.