Domelovo Should Have Been Made Special Prosecutor If . . . - Dr. Steve Manteaw
Former Chairman for the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw has called on the Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yao Domelovo to look into how the government spent the Ghc1.5 billion Cedis oil money.
According to him, he doubts that the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu who should have investigated the oil money will be able to live up to this responsibility.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Dr Steve Manteaw reiterated that the Ghc1.5 billion Cedis should be accounted for, but added that he does not know how since the person who could have done the job perfectly has been asked to proceed on his accumulated leave.
He stressed that the Deputy Auditor-General cannot deliver to satisfaction as there is a petition by some of the workers that they cannot work with him.
“If the Auditor-General will look into the Ghc1.5 billion Cedis taken by the government from the Oil Fund I will be happy . . . the Auditor-General has been asked to proceed on his accumulated leave and the deputy too is being fought by his own people. I have seen a petition written by some of the workers that they cannot work with the deputy and they cannot trust him,” he stated.
Touching on his reason for Mr Domelovo to be a better candidate for the position of Special Prosecutor, Dr Steve Manteaw claimed that the Auditor-General is very encouraging in terms of accountability and the fight against corruption.
To him, Ghana would have been an interesting country to have Mr Daniel Domelovo as the Special Prosecutor even though Martin Amidu has the character to deliver justice for the country.
“Domelovo is encouraging in terms of accountability and the fight against corruption, he should have been made the Special Prosecutor if he was a lawyer; Ghana would have been an interesting country with Domelevo as the Special Prosecutor,” he asserted.
“Maybe Martin Amidu is working but we have not seen his work publicly and that is why we perhaps don’t see his work and so I don’t know if he is working or not. I know Special Prosecutor very well because he is a friend; I know his character and his principle and so I have trust in him, but I don’t know what has become a barrier to his mandate as a Special Prosecutor . . . he has become slow in his delivery of justice for the country. He is a man of integrity though,” he indicated.
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