Tanzania’s parliament has found auditor general Mussa Assad guilty of disrespecting and belittling the legislature, and refused to work with him. Its decision came after Mr Assad described parliament as weak in a radio interview in December. “The National Audit Office of Tanzania prepares reports which are supposed to be worked on by parliament, but no action is taken, which …
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Madam Gloria Akuffo has joined the list of beneficiaries of the Akufo-Addo government’s Free SHS policy as she received “education” from respected academic Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar on the filing of Nolle Prosequi in the murder trial of Gregory Afoko. In a post sighted by MyNewsGh.com, Prof Azar said …
The Auditor-General has surcharged some 112 individuals and institutions whose actions caused the State to lose huge sums of monies within the 2017 and 2018 financial years. A total of GHC511, 211,239.04 is expected to be realized from the surcharges and disallowance certificates the Auditor-General issued to the individuals and institutions indicted. “During the 2017 and 2018 financial years, and …
The current head and three former Chief Executive Officer (CEOs) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and Zoomlion, have been ordered to refund a total amount of GHC411, 433, 086 following revelations of wrongful payments made to the waste management company during their respective tenures. In separate letters to the four CEOs of the Authority; Sylvester Mensah, Ras …
The Auditor General’s Department says it has retrieved about GHc67 million arising from monies paid back to the State from institutions who committed financial infractions between 2013 and November 2018. This was contained in the Special Audit report of the Auditor-General on disallowance and surcharge as at November 30, 2018. The Auditor-General in the report said the amount was as …
The Audit Service recovered a total of GH¢67.3 million through disallowances and surcharges into government coffers last year. This followed the issuance of 112 surcharge certificates to individuals and organizations in 2018. The Special Audit Report on Disallowance and Surcharge as at November 2018 and presented to Parliament showed how the money was recovered. “Our follow up on the …
