Professor Baffour Agyemang-Duah, has raised concerns about the irregularities cited in the in recently released Auditor General’s report saying strong leadership and principled individuals who have the country at heart can help fight this menace
The Governance expert say, the irregularities pointed out in the report on reflects the weaknesses in our system.
Mr. Agyemang-Duah who was speaking on Starr FM’s more show said dealing with the recurring irregularties reported in the Auditors report will take a firm leadership to root out the canker.
“We need strong leadership, very principled individuals who will have the country at heart” Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah told host Francis Abban.
Speaking in relation to the payment of over GHc1m to ‘ghost staff’ at the Ministry of Finance, the governance expert argued that some of these reports in the report could be intentional acts to conceal wrongdoing.
“We are poor in keeping records, and it’s either we do it deliberately to cover wrongdoing or we are just negligent.”
The Auditor General has revealed that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) paid three persons a total of GH¢1,112,895.96 as salaries for the period January 2020 to December 2021 although they were not staff of the Ministry.
Per the audit report for the year, 2021 personal files and names of the three persons who received salaries for a year on the nominal roll of the Ministry could not be traced.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com
