{"id":447649,"date":"2017-12-16T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/our-accountant-has-not-blown-ghc1-5bn-tor\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:00:33","slug":"our-accountant-has-not-blown-ghc1-5bn-tor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/our-accountant-has-not-blown-ghc1-5bn-tor\/","title":{"rendered":"Our accountant has not blown GHC1.5bn &#8211; TOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/89854640.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tema Oil Refinery   Fresh\" title=\"Tema Oil Refinery   Fresh\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has been accused of causing the state to lose GHC1.5bn<\/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\/1513418433_633_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Management of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has refuted media reports suggesting that an Accountant at TOR has caused the state to lose GHC1.5bn in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>According to TOR, the publication which appeared on page 16 of the Wednesday 13th December, 2017 edition of the Ghanaian Times under the headline; \u2018Lack of monthly bank reconciliation cost TOR GHC1.5bn in 2015 is unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>In the view of TOR, the Accountant whose negligence allegedly caused the state to lose GHC 1.5bn is rather working with the Outfit of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), which is located within the Tema Oil Refinery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2016 Auditor General\u2019s Report which happens to be the source of the story in the Ghanaian Times which was also published on Ghanaweb.com and Peacefmonline.com wrongfully refers to an \u2018Accountant of TOR\u2019 instead of an \u2018Accountant of the Tema Oil Refinery based Customs Outfit\/Division\u2019 which happened to be the subject of an Auditor General investigation into the collection of taxes by the Customs Division located on TOR premises,\u201d a statement issued by the Public Affairs Manager for Tema Oil Refinery, Dr. Kingsley Antwi-Boasiako clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kingsley Bosiako totally denied any wrongdoing on the part of the Accountant of TOR, stressing that, \u201cThe Auditor General\u2019s investigation was about the activities of the Customs Outfit which serves as the only collection point of Petroleum revenues from the BDCs and the OMCs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the erroneous statements made about TOR in the story, and attributed to the 2016 Auditor General\u2019s Report prompted his office to seek clarification from the Auditor General\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that in an interaction with the Deputy Auditor-General at the Central Government Audit Department, Mr. George S. Winful, he admitted that an error had been made in the 2016 Audit report by referring to an \u2018Accountant of TOR\u2019 instead of an \u2018Accountant at the Tema Oil Refinery Customs Outfit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He referred to the heading on Page 34, paragraph number 96 of the 2016 Auditor General\u2019s Report which reads: \u201cGHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY-CUSTOMS DIVISION-TEMA OIL REFINERY COLLECTION- Unsubstantiated debits to the petroleum account GHc1, 561,434,333.31\u2019 and said this should have served as enough clue for the reporter to have known that the accountant in question is not that of TOR, but of the Customs Outfit located on the premises of TOR.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Antwi-Boasiako, who expressed disgust at the reporter for failing to abide by the canons of journalism, urged journalists to substantiate the veracity of information they come across, especially if it has to do with the reputation of organizations since such stories could negatively affect investment and other opportunities that companies seek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the journalist had contacted TOR, he would have known that the two entities are completely independent of each other,\u201d he said. \u201cTOR is a State Owned Limited liability company which has KPMG, a private auditing firm as its auditors and not the Auditor \u2026 [17:32, 12\/15\/2017] Michael Afful Oman: Our Accountant hasn\u2019t caused state to lose GHC 1.5bn-TOR<\/p>\n<p>The Management of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has refuted media reports suggesting that an Accountant at TOR has caused the state to lose GHC1.5bn in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>According to TOR, the publication which appeared on page 16 of the Wednesday 13th December, 2017 edition of the Ghanaian Times under the headline; \u2018Lack of monthly bank reconciliation cost TOR GHC1.5bn in 2015 is unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>In the view of TOR, the Accountant whose negligence allegedly caused the state to lose GHC 1.5bn is rather working with the Outfit of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), which is located within the Tema Oil Refinery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2016 Auditor General\u2019s Report which happens to be the source of the story in the Ghanaian Times which was also published on Ghanaweb.com and Peacefmonline.com wrongfully refers to an \u2018Accountant of TOR\u2019 instead of an \u2018Accountant of the Tema Oil Refinery based Customs Outfit\/Division\u2019 which happened to be the subject of an Auditor General investigation into the collection of taxes by the Customs Division located on TOR premises,\u201d a statement issued by the Public Affairs Manager for Tema Oil Refinery, Dr. Kingsley Antwi-Boasiako clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kingsley Bosiako totally denied any wrongdoing on the part of the Accountant of TOR, stressing that, \u201cThe Auditor General\u2019s investigation was about the activities of the Customs Outfit which serves as the only collection point of Petroleum revenues from the BDCs and the OMCs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the erroneous statements made about TOR in the story, and attributed to the 2016 Auditor General\u2019s Report prompted his office to seek clarification from the Auditor General\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that in an interaction with the Deputy Auditor-General at the Central Government Audit Department, Mr. George S. Winful, he admitted that an error had been made in the 2016 Audit report by referring to an \u2018Accountant of TOR\u2019 instead of an \u2018Accountant at the Tema Oil Refinery Customs Outfit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He referred to the heading on Page 34, paragraph number 96 of the 2016 Auditor General\u2019s Report which reads: \u201cGHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY-CUSTOMS DIVISION-TEMA OIL REFINERY COLLECTION- Unsubstantiated debits to the petroleum account GHc1, 561,434,333.31\u2019 and said this should have served as enough clue for the reporter to have known that the accountant in question is not that of TOR, but of the Customs Outfit located on the premises of TOR.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Antwi-Boasiako, who expressed disgust at the reporter for failing to abide by the canons of journalism, urged journalists to substantiate the veracity of information they come across, especially if it has to do with the reputation of organizations since such stories could negatively affect investment and other opportunities that companies seek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the journalist had contacted TOR, he would have known that the two entities are completely independent of each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTOR is a State Owned Limited liability company which has KPMG, a private auditing firm as its auditors and not the Auditor General as wrongly purported in the story. 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