{"id":447144,"date":"2017-12-14T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ghc53m-rot-uncovered-at-electoral-commission\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:11:14","slug":"ghc53m-rot-uncovered-at-electoral-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ghc53m-rot-uncovered-at-electoral-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"GHC53m rot uncovered at Electoral Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/48489631.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ec Commissioners Epreo\" title=\"Ec Commissioners Epreo\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The finance minister triggered the investigation through the auditor general<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513267874_989_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A whopping fifty three million Cedis scandal has been uncovered at the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The malfeasance was discovered after an investigation was conducted into some payment requests made to the finance ministry by the finance directorate of the commission after the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The finance minister triggered the investigation through the auditor general after it was alerted of the fraudulent request by the embattled electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei, Starrfmonline.com has gathered.<\/p>\n<p>According to an audit report intercepted by Starrfmonline.com, the commission, under the guise of indebtedness to STL Company, requested the finance ministry to disburse an amount of GHC53, 883,235 to them in order to settle the debt which was was supposedly occasioned by the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n<p>But according to the Auditor General, such a debt does not exist on the books of the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission prior to a request from Ministry of Finance asserted that government was indebted to STL an amount of GI-53,883,235 as at 31 December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ascertain the veracity of this claim, we reviewed the end of year payment vouchers and noted that all moneys due STL including the GliC53,883,235 had been paid as at 31 December 2016,\u201d the audit report said.<\/p>\n<p>The EC boss  and two of her deputies Amadu Sulley (in charge of Operations), and Georgina Amankwa (in charge of Corporate Services) on Monday appeared before the Chief Justice over allegations of mismanagement and incompetence at the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The two deputies have accused their boss of financial mismanagement and poor leadership, an accusation she has rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties have been given three weeks by the Chief Justice to file their statement of response to the committee after which the hearing will continue.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-14 The finance minister triggered the investigation through the auditor general A whopping fifty three million Cedis scandal has been uncovered at the Electoral Commission. 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