News:
August 16, 2011
The Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) Albert Kan- Dapaah has explained that the backlog of Auditor General’s report yet to be heard by the PAC, is due to the decision taken by the ex- Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Silas Mensah not to hear reports prepared by past Auditor –General, Edward Dua Agyemang.
According to him, Silas Mensah refused to sit on the previous Auditor General’s report prepared by Mr Dua Agyemang after taking him to court to challenge his position as the Auditor General.
A section of the public have complained about accumulated Auditor General’s report which is yet to be heard by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, a situation that has resulted in those found culpable in the report being asked to account for monies spent.
Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo show on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) and Member of Parliament for Afigya –Sekyere West, Albert Kan-Dapaah stated that he and his team are committed to clearing the backlog of reports which are yet to be sat upon.
He said the Public Account Committee led by his good self will meticulously go through all the reports and ensure that anyone found to have embezzled public funds are made to account for the monies.
Meanwhile the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Monday 15th August 2011, resumed public sitting where startling revelations of financial impropriety were made against some officials of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
The committee’s sitting, expected to last five days, will consider reports of the Auditor-General (AG) on the accounts of Ghana for 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The AG reports cover the ministries of Finance and Economic Planning, Employment and Social Welfare, Lands and Natural resources, Information, Defence, Chieftaincy and Culture, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Food and Agriculture, Energy, Communications, Tourism, Transport, Women and Children, Roads and Highways and Government Machinery.
By: Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh