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Auditor-General chases looters of public funds
About 100 cases are being processed to determine which ones to be considered for surcharge in the Auditor-General’s report
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The offenders were implicated in the Auditor-General’s reports.
About 100 cases are being processed to determine which ones to be considered for surcharge in the Auditor-General’s report.
They have been involved in financial irregularities have been surcharged.
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The certificate covers those involved in cash irregularities and failure to account for State funds.
According to reports by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the offenders are required to refund the money with interest.
The action by the Auditor-General was prompted by the Supreme Court’s order to the Audit Service to recover all state funds which had been misappropriated by individuals since the coming into effect of the 1992 Constitution.
The offenders have up to 60 days to pay up or otherwise go to court to challenge the Auditor General.
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Article 187, Clause 7(b) (i) states: "… the Auditor-General may disallow any item of expenditure, which is contrary to law and surcharge the amount of any expenditure disallowed upon the person responsible for incurring or authorizing the expenditure."
This is reinforced in the Audit Service Act 2000 (Act 584) Section 17(1-2).
The Supreme Court in June 2017 ordered the Auditor-General to surcharge persons found to have misappropriated monies belonging to the state.
The seven-member panel of justices, presided over by incoming Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, did not give reasons for their judgment at the time.
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The order followed a suit filed by pressure group, Occupy Ghana in June 2016, seeking an order that would direct the Auditor-General to issue disallowances and surcharges to and in respect of all persons and entities found in relevant, successive reports to have engaged in misappropriation of state funds.
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