Eight Institutions Owe SSNIT GHc477.3m
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has not recovered the GH¢477.3 million loan it granted to eight public and private institutions and organisations, the Auditor-General’s...
Tag: Audit
Auditor-General Submits 2015 Report To Parliament
The Auditor-General has submitted to Parliament a total number of 13 reports on public accounts for the year ended December 31, 2015. A statement signed by Joseph K. Ghunney, the Director of Public...
Save Cocobod From Financial Hemorrhage – Dr Ankrah
An investment banker, Dr Samuel Ankrah, has called on the government to take immediate steps to permanently plug the loopholes in the internal control systems at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to...
PURC Sets Records Straight
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) says its attention has been drawn to the circulation of an anonymous document concerning monies that have been allegedly spent unlawfully by the...
PURC Responds To Claims of ‘illegal’ Payments
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) says its attention has been drawn to the circulation of an anonymous document concerning monies that have been allegedly spent unlawfully by the...
BOST Stops $39m Office Construction Over Misappropriation of Funds
Reports reaching DAILY GUIDE indicate that state-run oil storage company – Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) – has stopped a headquarters facility under construction at the cost of $39...
BOST Stops $39m Office Over ‘chop Chop’
Reports reaching DAILY GUIDE indicate that state-run oil storage company – Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) – has stopped a headquarters facility under construction at the cost of $39...
MDAs Cited For Spending Above Approved Budgets
Seven ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) could not account for almost GH¢435 million, the 2011 Auditor-General’s Report has established. The amount represented excess expenditure by the...
Unilever Appoints Two Women Directors
Unilever Ghana Limited has announced the appointment of two new women directors in line with regulatory requirements. Mrs Angela Peasah has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company...
Audit Cost of ‘inflated’ NDC Projects – Ablakwa Dares Nana Addo
A former Deputy Education Minister under the Mahama Administration, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, has dared the Akufo-Addo Administration to conduct a financial audit into the cost of projects undertaken...
PURC Accountant Does Not Know His Job, Sack Him – Kofi Bentil
The Vice President of IMANI Ghana is demanding the dismissal of the accountant of the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) for obeying instructions and transferring more than GHC400,000...
My Appointment By Mahama Ensures I’m Independent
It is imperative for the Auditor General and his office to, at all times, be “independent” of government’s influence so that the public purse can be adequately protected from waste, new Auditor...
Registrar Interdicted
The Minister of Health has interdicted the Registrar of the Health Facilities and Regulatory Agency who has been indicted in an audit report for misappropriating about GHS2 million. The Registrar, Dr...
Rot Uncovered At Amaniampong SHS; GHC 47,300 Missing From School’s Account
It has emerged that an amount of GHC 47,300 from the bank account of Amaniampong Senior High School (AMASS) cannot be accounted for. According to the findings of a body set to audit the school’s...
Sylvia Annie Interdicted Over Health Facilities and Regulatory Agency Rot
Dr Sylvia Annie has been asked to step aside as the Registrar of the Health Facilities and Regulatory Agency following an audit of the agencie’s operations. She was indicted in the audit report for...
GHc92,000 NHIS Fraud Uncovered
At a time when the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is reeling under heavy financial burdens that threaten the very survival of the scheme, some Service providers have devised ways of milking...
OccupyGhana Not Dead
In the coming days pressure group OccupyGhana will be hitting hard at some government agencies over some corrupt acts those agencies are engaged in, Nana Sarpong Agyeman Badu, a member of the group,...
OccupyGhana Elated Over Disallowances and Surcharges Draft Bill
OccupyGhana has announced that it has received a copy of the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules, 2016 (CI 102), which regulates appeals to the High Court from the...
OccupyGhana Elated Over Proposal Passage
OccupyGhana has announced that it has received a copy of the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules, 2016 (CI 102), which regulates appeals to the High Court from the...
Public Office Holders Must Declare Assets
The Auditor-General, in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution, has tasked eligible public office holders who have not yet submitted their completed Assets Declaration Forms to his...