News:
July 5, 2020
Second Deputy Majority Whip, Mathew Nyindam has said he has problem with his colleagues in the Minority and some Ghanaians who are reading meaning into the President’s action, that Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo should take is accumulated leave.
According to him he does not think the President Nana Akufo-Addo has offended any part of the 1992 Republican Constitution of the land, “what is wrong with the action of the President, didn’t late President Mills take a similar action?”
He further pointed out in an interview that it is factually inaccurate to say the Auditor-General was asked to take his accumulated leave because he is seeking accountability on the COVID-19 funds and breathing on the neck of government officials.
Again, he questioned if Domelevo is the first Auditor-General in the country to be told to take his leave. “If you misuse and misappropriate funds and you are corrupt, the system would catch up with you and the institution is not made up of an individual”, he stated.
In addition, he noted that the fact that he is going on leave does not mean he is going away, and added that no one should be “fooled” into thinking that someone wants to prevent Domelevo from fighting corruption.
Mr. Nyindam cautioned that as a nation we should not throw the ball out there into the political arena for it to be kicked anyhow. There is a system in place if the AG is not there, the system would work and whoever is corrupt the system would catch up with the person.
“We should not allow this issue to destroy the good works done by the institution, the President has acted well and I have no problem with it”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com