News:
July 14, 2021
Chairman of the Public Account Committee in Parliament, Dr. James Klutse Avedzi has indicated that the plenary would discuss which action to take against the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection for refusing to appear before the Committee to answer some charges on infractions.
The Auditor-General’s report of December 31st, 2017 on Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) public hearing which ended last week Thursday, witnessed the Ministry’s refusal to come before PAC after several reminders.
In an interview, he pointed out that they have not been communicated to by the Ministry as to why they could not appear before the Committee, and added that the Committee had the option to supine them before the Committee, and if that was done and they did not come then it would be contempt of Parliament.
And further added that, because they did not have much time left, they did not use the option they had, because they wanted to finish with the report as quickly as possible.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com