President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his dissatisfaction about the operations of state own enterprises as he tasks SIGA to take action.
According to him, the specified state institutions have not performed to expectation and as such the heads of these institutions should up their game.
He said, the appointments of these leaders came with expectations but unfortunately, that have not happened, something he said needs changed.
“I appointed you as leaders of these Specified Entities with the strong belief that you would ensure a positive change in the narrative of loss-making entities and build value for the people. That has not happened, so I expect more from you.”
The president added that,” I was to see a marked improvement in these reports next year. Things must change. Your hard-earned reputation and honour are at stake if things crumble under your watch and there are also serious sanctions in the SIGA Act and other laws from mismanagement, negligence and outright malfeasance.”
Tasking the various heads of the state institutions to take action, he directed State Interest and Governance Authority(SIGA) to investigate the causes of infraction and malfeasance reported in the 2021 Audit Report.
“I am directing the Director General of SIGA to work with the Auditor General to drill own the causes of the infractions, identify the persons responsible and make the necessary recommendations as prescribed by law. I have given them four weeks from now to submit a report to the Chief Staff.” He added.
The president stressed that, there should be changes in the operations and turn around the fortunes of the state institutions.
“I want to see a marked improvement in these reports next year. Things have to change.. we are not in normal times and people are eager to blame somebody, let us not make it easy for people to blame us. We can defend and excused for what is humanly beyond our control but for those that fall under our purview of responsibility and capacity, let us do our best.”
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com