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Controller and Accountant General issues directives on
payments
Accra, Jan. 12, Ghanadot/GNA – The Controller
and Accountant General has issued new directives to
re-enforce earlier ones that all treasury books be closed by
January 9, 2009, in respect of the financial year ended
December 2008.
A release by the Controller and Accountant General in Accra
on Monday said this is a follow-up circular to re-enforce
those guidelines and to provide further directives on
commitments and payments by Ministries, Departments and
Agencies as follows:
Item One- Personnel Emolument should be paid at current
approved levels.
Item Two and Three, Administration and Service Expenditure –
these shall be committed and paid for to support overhead
and operational expenditures within limits set in the
approved Vote on Account.
Item Four- Investment/Capital Expenditure, (a) No new
Investment/Capital expenditure should be initiated; (b)
Payments for on-going projects should be with prior approval
from the Office of the President through the Chairman of the
Finance and Economic Committee of the Transition Team. No
contract variations are permitted.
The released said, (c) Other payments, these include legal
obligations, judgement debts in respect of obligations as at
31st December 2008 only. Approval must be sought from the
Office of the President through the Chairman of the Finance
Committee of the Transition Team.
These directives shall continue in force until substantive
Ministers have been appointed.
The release said, it should be noted that the directives
cover all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies as
well and failure to comply with these directives will
attract the appropriate sanctions.
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