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President Akufo-Addo directed the Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, to proceed with his retirement.
This occurs just 16 hours after he returned from his 167-day cumulative license on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.
The directive, according to a statement signed by the president’s secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo, stems from an indication from the Audit Service Board that Mr. Domelevo has passed the eligible age to remain in the workforce.
“The attention of the President of the Republic has been called to records and documents made available to this Office by the Audit Service, which indicate that his date of birth is June 1, 1960, and that in accordance with Article 199 (1) of the Constitution, his retirement date as Auditor General was June 1, 2020 ”.
The statement explains that “based on this information, the president believes that you have formally left office.”
Essentially, Johnson Akuamoa-Asiedu will continue to act in Domelevo’s stead until a substantive appointment is made.
“The president thanks him for his service to the nation and wishes him the best in his future endeavors,” the March 3 statement concluded.
Concerns of the Audit Service Board
Before his return on Wednesday, the Audit Service Board announced that the Auditor General is considered to have retired in June 2020 due to some anomalies in his personal records.
In a series of letters between the Chairman of the Audit Service Board, Professor Edward Dua Agyeman and Mr. Domelevo, the latter was asked to explain these anomalies or to take some action against him.
The Board alleged that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) records provided by the Auditor General indicated that his date of birth was 1960 when he joined the scheme on October 1, 1978.
Once again, the record also showed that Mr. Domelevo’s hometown is Agbetofe in Togo; making it not Ghanaian, but on October 25, 1993, some changes were made.
While the date of birth changed to June 1, 1961, the Auditor General’s hometown was now Ada in the Greater Accra region.
But explaining the alleged anomalies, Domelevo said his grandfather was a native of Ada in the Greater Accra region, but emigrated to Togo and stayed in Agbetofe.
On the subject of his date of birth, Mr. Domelevo said he noted that 1960 was a mistake “when I checked my information in the baptismal register of the Catholic Church in Adeemmra.”
“I was born in Kumasi and my mother in less than three weeks after my birth, I returned to Kwahu Adeemmra (with me) and was baptized in June 1961,” added Mr. Domelevo.
However, the Audit Service Board in its latest document dated March 2, said that the explanation given makes the “date of birth and Ghanaian nationality even more doubtful and clearly establishes that he has made false statements contrary to the law”.
In light of this, the Audit Service Board said it considers Domelevo retired in 2020.
The chairman of the board, Professor Edward Dua Agyeman, also said that a copy of all documents on the matter will be sent to the chairman, who is the appointing authority for the auditor general to take action.
