The Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has will today Wednesday, August 2, hold a press conference to reveal sanctions proffered to government officials who have misappropriated state resources.
“We want to give an update to fellow Ghanaians through the media on the status of implementing disallowances and surcharges as prescribed by the constitution and recently pronounced by the Supreme Court of Ghana,” Domelevo told Joy News.
The decision comes after the Supreme Court in June this year ordered the Auditor-General to recover all state funds which have been misappropriated by individuals.
The judgment by the seven-member panel said the order affected both public officials and private individuals found to have looted state coffers.
Per the court’s order, the Auditor-General must surcharge any individual who is found to have expended public funds unlawfully.
The Supreme Court further ordered the government’s prosecution arm, the Attorney-General’s Department, to ensure the enforcement of the orders by initiating a criminal prosecution when necessary.
Already, the Auditor-General has the mandate, under Article 187 Clause 7 (b) of the 1992 Constitution, to surcharge individuals found to have used public money unlawfully.
Source: StarrFmonline
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I SAY BRAVO TO THE A-G FOR HIS BOLD AND LONG OVERDUE PROCESS. HOWEVER, PLEASE PUBLISH THEIR NAMES AND PICTURES FOR ALL TO SEE SO THAT WE CAN POINT TO THEM AS NATION WRECKERS AND TIFFS. ALL THEIR NEIGHBORS AND CHURCH MEMBERS WILL GET TO KNOW THEIR PLUSH HOUSES AND FLASHY CARS ARE AS A RESULT OF L-O-O-T-ING STATE COFFERS. WELL DONE,SIR. I HOPE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LEAF IN THE NATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST S-T-E-A-L-ERS. KUDOS TO OCCUPY-GHANA AS WELL FOR A GOOD FIGHT.
laudable let us get our money first for development.
i think stiffer punishments should be melted out not just recovering or surcharging them but imprison them because one steals a goat or something belong to others and they are jailed 10 to 20 years whereas stealing state property just recovery
Good show here. Lets bring sanity into our operations and stop the create , loot and chop syndrome. the axe must fall heavily on those found culpable and they must vomit every penny stolen. Thank God things are changing now and accountability must be the yard stick.KUDOS.