COVID-19 report: You can’t intimidate the Auditor-General – NDC warns AG

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party will not allow anybody to fight institutions mandated to fight corruption.

This comes on the back of the Attorney General’s contestation over the release of the audit reports into the public domain.

The Attorney General, Godfred Dame in a letter to the Auditor-General, Mr Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu quoting Article 187(5) indicated that the report should have been released to Parliament before getting to the public.

Mr. Dame added that Article 187(6) of the Constitution also stated that Parliament should debate on the report and where necessary set a committee to deal with any matters arising from it.

Commenting on the development on Starr Today with Joshua Kodjo Mensah, the Deputy National Communication Officer for NDC, Malik Basintale stated that NDC will not sit aloof for the government to intimidate the Auditor General.

“I think that Mr. Godfred Dame either did not understand the particular clause he was reading or deliberately wants to act very mischievous in this particular matter or probably at their usual attempt of having corrupt practices. They feel that this report shouldn’t have been made public, they feel the people of this country shouldn’t have known how much was mismanaged. How much was recklessly spent and how much was cluelessly used?

“You recklessly used monies that were allocated to you. That is why an opposition party like the NDC will not allow this to be swept down the carpet. We will continue to fight for the interest of the Ghanaian people and fight anybody who attempts fighting corruption fighters in this country,” Mr. Basitale stated.

He continued: “So we are saying that we will not allow what happened to Mr. Domelevo to repeat itself ever again in this country. We will continue to protect the audit service, the board and will ensure that there is always probity, transparency and accountability in whatever resources that have been utilized by state agencies in this country.”