The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticized Attorney General Godfred Dame for the letter he wrote to the Auditor General regarding the release of the Covid spending audit report.
The attorney general in said letter, among other concerns, called the publication “premature” because, in his opinion, it was not contested by Congress and was approved by the commission. concerned by the National Assembly for consideration.
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“I observe that the report of the special audit on the Government’s COVID-19 transactions has been published on the website of the Audit Service.
“In light of the constitutional provisions pertaining to the duty of the Auditor-General after the preparation of audit reports, I consider a publication of the COVID-19 audit report or indeed any audit report particularly when the same has not been either considered by Parliament or referred to a committee of Parliament, premature,” Mr Dame.
But a statement released by the NDC’s national communications officer, Sammy Gyamfi, said
“The NDC condemns in no uncertain terms this ungodly interference and intrusion into the mandate of the Auditor-General by someone who ought to know better.
“We need not remind the Attorney-General that Article 187(7)(a) of the 1992 Constitution guarantees the independence of the Auditor-General.
“It explicitly provides that, the Auditor-General in the performance of his duties, is not subject to the direction or control of any person or authority.”
Read the full statement below;
PRESS STATEMENT
For Immediate Release:
10th February, 2023WITHDRAW YOUR UNCONSTITUTIONAL LETTER TO THE AUDITOR-GENERAL – NDC TO ATTORNEY GENERAL, GODFRED DAME.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has become aware of a letter addressed to the Auditor-General, by the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame in which he condemned the latter over his publication of the report on the Special Audit of COVID-19 expenditures of the Government of Ghana for the period March 2020 to June 2022.
The Attorney-General in the said letter, among other concerns, took umbrage to the publication of the said audit report which he describes as “premature” because in his view, same has not been debated by Parliament and considered by the appropriate committee of Parliament.
The NDC condemns in no uncertain terms this ungodly interference and intrusion into the mandate of the Auditor-General by someone who ought to know better. We need not remind the Attorney-General that Article 187(7)(a) of the 1992 Constitution guarantees the independence of the Auditor-General. It explicitly provides that, the Auditor-General in the performance of his duties, is not subject to the direction or control of any person or authority.
