POLITICS

The state suffered losses from irregularities perpetrated in 2021 by the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies totaling GH66,130,366.12 (MMDAs). The report from the Auditor General for 2021 makes this revelation. The District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and other Statutory Funds Management and Utilization Report for the Year 2021 states that …

The Controller General kept three resigned Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officers on the payroll at the Accra headquarters, which resulted in the payment of GH99,843.64 in unearned wages. Regulation 88 of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019 is broken by this (L.I. 2378). The report from the 2021 Auditor-General included …

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president of the republic, has recently introduced nuclear technology into the nation’s mix of energy production. He claims that the action is in line with the collective worldwide commitment to the sustainable availability of power and the peaceful use of nuclear energy for the benefit …

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president, has praised churches for their major contributions to the nation’s growth in several fields. Churches continue to be the government’s development allies, and the government appreciates their contributions over the years, which, according to Dr. Bawumia, have complemented the State’s efforts. He made these …

The NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia alleged in a recent media interview that Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s Ahotor project was intended to be a donation to the party headquarters rather than an effort to improve the welfare of party members at the grassroots. The response follows concerns expressed by the …

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) paid three individuals a total of GH1,112,895.96 in salary from January 2020 to December 2021 despite the fact that they were not employees of the Ministry, according to the Auditor General. A Principal Spending Officer of a covered entity is required to ensure that only …

According to the 2021 Auditor-report, General’s 88 former Ministry of Education employees received a total of GH 1,082,455.02 in “unearned pay” after they “left” from the organization. The report stated, “We noted that 88 staff members who left their respective institutions received unearned salaries totaling GH1,082,455.02.” “We recommended that the …

According to 13,721 selected tax files from 21 Domestic Tax Revenue Offices of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Greater Accra Region, 6,856 businesses, legal entities, and people owed GH111,652,263.00 in corporate and individual income taxes for the assessment years of 2019, 2020, and 2021, according to the Auditor-Report …

Workers in the public sector have received a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) payment from the government in the sum of GHc485,000,000.00 (four hundred and eighty-five million Ghana Cedis). The Controller and Accountant-Department General’s (CAGD) released a statement containing this information on August 29, 2022. According to the press release, …

Colonel (Ret.) Kwadwo Damoah has been fired from his position as commissioner of the Ghana Revenue Authority’s(GRA) customs division by President Nana Akufo-Addo. The rule becomes operative on Friday, August 26, 2022. The instruction was stated in a letter from the Presidency that was signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, the …