‘I don’t owe a pesetawa’ – I refer to the Audit Service Board

General news for Thursday, December 3, 2020

Source: Class FM

2020-12-03

The former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has stated that he does not owe any advance or advance for foreign travel.

His comment comes after Professor Edward Dua Agyemang, Chairman of the Board of the Audit Service, wrote to him to return an amount of $ 4,020.00 that was given to him as a responsible advance during his trip abroad in March and April 2018.

This was after the Audit Service Board engaged K and A accounting services to audit overseas travel of senior management of the Audit Service.

“Available records show that in March and April 2018 he traveled with Goerge Swanzy Winful to London and The Hague. In addition to her total daily allowance of $ 1,641.10, she was also awarded an additional $ 4,020.00 as a book advance.

“The audit report shows that he has not withdrawn the accounting advance in accordance with the principle established by the auditor general in his letter dated April 3, 2019, addressed to the late Mr. James Frempong.

“You must account for the amount of $ 4,020.00 that was delivered to you with receipts within two weeks from the date of receipt of this letter,” the letter addressed to Mr. Domelevo read.

In response, Mr. Domelevo stated that he does not owe advances nor is he accountable to the chairman of the board.

Mr. Domelevo indicated in his response that the question of whether the audit is legal or not is before the Supreme Court for its determination and for what reason the request of the president of the Board of the Audit Service is derogatory to the court according to the order number J1 / 2/2021 entitled Daniel Yaw Domelevo v Prof Edward Dua Agyemang and two others ”.

“Read Sections 2 (3) and 7 of the Public Finance Management Act of 2016 and you will realize that the mandate you and the board intend to have under the Audit Service Regulations 2011 (CI 70) is that of the Chief Spending Officer. I am not responsible to you, ”stated Mr. Domelevo.

“That said, not even one pesewa has me pending for any advance or advance that I took for any of my trips,” he added.

Mr. Domelevo also wondered why Professor Dua Agyemang still remains as Chairman of the Board after the expiration of the Board’s term on October 11, 2020, against Section 5 of the Audit Services Act of 2000 (Law 584).

“Until I present proof of his re-election pursuant to article 189 (1) and section 5 (1) of Law 584, I consider that he is acting ultra vires and I will treat him as such,” said Mr. Domelevo.