Former gov’t appointees to face the music
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, July 21, Ghanadot - A
Deputy Information Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has
threatened that the government will crack the whip on former
appointees at the then Ministry of Information and National
Orientation if they are found culpable of corruption and
abuse of office.
“I can assure you that if we have to crack the whip after we
have reached a logical conclusion on this matter, the whip
will be cracked,” he said.
An audit report on the ministry for the period October 2006
to December 2008 uncovered the loss of several millions of
Ghana cedis through various acts of malfeasance perpetrated
at the ministry.
The report, released by the Audit Service, also reveals that
22 vehicles belonging to the ministry either did not have
any documents covering them or had documents vesting
ownership in the names of the vendors who sold them to the
ministry.
Mr Okudzeto announced that the ministry is investigating the
issues and will act swiftly when the facts are established.
“We don’t believe that we have to wait any longer, the
hemorrhage is quite frightening,” he stated.
The Audit report urged that fuel coupons issued to vehicles,
as well as the movement of those vehicles, be entered into
their respective log books to help check malfeasance.
He added that, the ministry has started implementing some of
the recommendations contained in the report.
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Accra, July 21, Ghanadot - The Ishmael Yamson
Committee (IYC), which was instituted by the President
of Ghana, Professor John Evans Atta Mills to review the
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