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...
Increment in water and electricity tariff to begin today
The new utility service tariffs announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission begins today, Thursday, September 1, 2022. The new tariffs include an increase of 27.15% in electricity and 21.55% in water. Tariffs were drastically increased at the request of utility service providers in order to help them recover and sustain their operational costs. Ghanaians disagreed with these measures claiming that, the current economic state of the country will make it difficult to pay. The General Manager in charge of External Communications for the Electricity Company of Ghana, Mr. Charles Nii Ayiku Ayiku, in an interview with Citi News said,...
La Nkwantanang Municipal Health Directorate launch national polio immunization programme
The La Nkwantanang Municipal Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the National polio immunization programme at the Madina Polyclinic in the early hours of today the 31st of August 2022. The launched brought together various stakeholders including Assembly members, teachers, religious leaders, nursing mothers and health practitioners to find ways of sensitizing the public ahead of the introduction of the Novel OPV vaccine type 2 (Nopv2) campaign to prevent the circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 among children under five. The exercise which commences on the 1st of September will be is expected to vaccinate...
Man jumps from Tamale flyover in an alleged suicide attempt
Police in the Northern Region says they are investigating circumstances that led to a middle-aged man jumping from the Tamale flyover in an apparent suicide attempt. The incident which occurred on Monday saw a man, believed to be in his 30s, jumping from the flyover and landing on the ground lane. In a 5-second video circulating on social media, onlookers could be heard screaming as the man falls from the overpass. The man is said to have sustained injuries and was rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where he is receiving treatment.
21 top EC managers failed to declare their assets – Auditor-General’s report
The Auditor-General has revealed that 21 officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) failed to declare their assets. The Auditor-General in its 2020 report, also discovered that the officials failed to provide reports on Police background checks on themselves. According to the report, all employees were expected to state: “Date of Birth certified by an original birth certificate or affidavit, hometown, whether convicted of criminal offense and number of children, next of kin, among others contained in a standard form.” However, 21 of the officials, none of them had personal records, passport pictures, Police background check reports, and declarations of assets...
Zongo Dev’t Fund blows $125k (¢709k) on office rent in 2 years
The Auditor-General has recommended that the Zongo Development Fund gets a permanent office for its operations after discovering that it spends more than $5,000 per month on rent. In its 2021 report, the Auditor-General said: “Contrary to Section 7 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), we noted that the Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF) does not have a permanent accommodation”. “It operates from rented premises for USD 5,208.00 (GH¢29,551.75) per month”, the report added. “We also noted that between August 2020 and August 2022, the Fund paid USD 125,000.00 (GH¢709,287.50) as rent”, the report said We recommended to...
KNUST runs 299 unaccredited programmes – Auditor General
The Auditor General in a report addressed to the Speaker of Parliament Hon. Alban Bagbin, revealed that out of 360 programmes offered at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST), only 61 are accredited. “we noted that out of the 360 programmes run by the University, only 61 have been accredited, 190 sent to National Accreditation Board (NAB) for accreditation and reaccreditation with 109 yet to be sent to NAB for accreditation.” The report indicated. Meanwhile, the report recommended that management ceases running unaccredited programmes or programmes with expired accreditation certificates to avoid sanctions by the National Accreditation Board(NAB),...
Suhuyini questions judgement of the Justices who accepted the ‘unlawful’ auction of cars
Tamale North Member of Parliament Alhassan Suhuyini has said he has problems with the decision of the justices who have been captured in the Auditor General’s report for ‘unlawful’ purchase of cars. He wondered whether the Justices need those cars given the condition of service they enjoy. The 2021 Auditor General’s Report noted that between 2016 and 2021, the Judicial Service granted loans to 99 officers totalling GH¢303,709.94 and recovered a total amount of GH¢145,006.58 leaving an outstanding amount of GH¢158,703.36 as at 31 December 2021. 728. “We recommended that the Judicial Secretary should liaise with the Controller and Accountant...
Corruption has not been tackled enough under Akufo-Addo – PC Appiah Ofori
Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa constituency and anti-corruption campaigner, P.C Appiah-Ofori has expressed dissatisfaction with the efforts of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the fight against corruption. According to him, corrupt officers have not been punished enough in the country. He stated that persons who are dismissed for corruption must be prosecuted to deter others. “As far as I am concern the way he made us believe that Ghana was going to be prosperous under his administration with the fight against corruption; He made that promise and we are in the 6th year but not much has been seen” he...
STRANEK congratulates Bagbin on his election as Commonwealth Parliamentary Assoc Prez
The Strategic Thinkers Network Africa, STRANEK-Africa has congratulated Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin for his election into office as President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International ( CPA). In a statement, STRANEK described Mr. Bagbin as an icon who contributed to deepening Ghana’s democracy and good governance, from being a Member of Parliament for Nadowli/Kaleo to occupying the number 3 position as Speaker of Parliament, for lifting the flag of Ghana high with his election as president of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International. Speaker Bagbinn was unanimously elected the President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International, an organization of...