{"id":447357,"date":"2017-12-15T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T10:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/charlotte-osei-exposes-another-ghc43m-rot-at-ec\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T10:11:45","slug":"charlotte-osei-exposes-another-ghc43m-rot-at-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/charlotte-osei-exposes-another-ghc43m-rot-at-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Osei exposes another GHC43m rot at EC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 15 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/12865667.295.jpg\" alt=\"CHARLOTTE OSEI EC BOSS\" title=\"CHARLOTTE OSEI EC BOSS\" width=\"295\" height=\"202\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Charlotte Osei is Chairperson of Electoral Commission<\/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\/1513332705_350_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">An audit into the post-election operations of the electoral commission has uncovered an attempt by the commission to demand payment for a debt that had already been paid.<\/p>\n<p>According to findings of the audit, intercepted by Starrfmonline.com, the commission had presented a debt of over GHC43 million owed various printing houses to the finance ministry, but the records did not support the claim.<\/p>\n<p>The audit, which was reportedly triggered by the chairperson of the commission Charlotte Osei, discovered that the actual debt owed printers amounted to a little over GHC15 million, and had been paid already by the commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe electoral commission contracted seven vendors for the printing and supply of electoral materials for the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commission prior to MOF request presented a claim of GHC43,500,255.00 to the ministry of finance as per application letter C\/EC25\/SF.2\/V\/16, dated 13 December 2016 in respect of outstanding debt to various printing houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ascertain the veracity of this claim, we reviewed the underlying records and noted that an amount of GHC15,160,059 was paid in 2016 to clear all liability in favour of suppliers,\u201d the report noted.<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC-TABLE.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: 63 --><\/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 Friday, 15 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-15 Charlotte Osei is Chairperson of Electoral Commission An audit into the post-election operations of the electoral commission has uncovered an attempt by the commission to demand payment for a debt that had already been paid. 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