Eric Oduro Osae, Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency, has defended past and current judges of Ghana’s superior courts who were cited in the Auditor-General’s report for illegally purchasing vehicles.
Mr. Osae claimed that attacks on the judges were unnecessary because they only benefited from the existing practice of auctioning off unregistered vehicles at the port.
He argued that judicial administrators should be held accountable for failing to obtain approval from the Finance Ministry and follow strict administrative standards when auctioning the vehicles.
He said “I think our judges are of high moral standing, and I still believe that. When you look at the Auditor General’s report, it is just indicating that there was no written approval as required by the Public Financial Management Regulation before the disposal was made… The judges have done nothing wrong in my view. I think it is an administrative lapse which occurred in the process and this can easily be corrected,” he said in an interview on Citi TV’s Point of View.
by; Elizabeth Tamakloe
Source; citinews
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