{"id":461876,"date":"2018-02-06T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T11:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/you-dont-need-prosecutorial-powers-financial-analyst-to-auditor-general\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T11:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T11:45:19","slug":"you-dont-need-prosecutorial-powers-financial-analyst-to-auditor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/you-dont-need-prosecutorial-powers-financial-analyst-to-auditor-general\/","title":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t need prosecutorial powers \u2013 Financial Analyst to Auditor General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  6 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15013846.295.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Domelevo AG\" title=\"Daniel Domelevo AG\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Daniel Domelevo is 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\/2018\/02\/1517917519_444_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A financial analyst Benedict Gibson has challenged claims by the auditor general that he needs prosecutorial powers to be able to effectively fight financial abuse in the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Domelevo at a press briefing Monday listed various actions the Auditor General\u2019s Department is taking to deal with persons who continue to abuse the public purse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to finish our audit and wait for the TV show at Public Accounts [Committee] anymore. When we finish our audit, we raise observations against you and you decide to ignore it we will disallow the expenditure and surcharge you and I told my colleagues that beginning this year we must have to apply the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Under the section 29 subsection 2 it says that \u2018anyone who does not even meet the 30 days deadline\u2026we should stop his salaries\u2019. It is in the law that once we have raised an observation after 30 days you decide not to respond, you should not be paid and we have to start that now. We have to block people\u2019s salaries. And even after blocking your salaries if you don\u2019t come we will now disallow the expenditure and surcharge you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the claims by the AG, Mr. Gibson told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Tuesday that the status quo where the attorney general does the prosecution of defaulting public servants on behalf of the department must remain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Auditor General should follow the due process. Whatever recommendation he comes up with should be given to the right institution to take it up from there. If the Auditor General is given the power to prosecute institutions, what then is going to be the role of the Attorney General and the Special Prosecutor?  Auditors are supposed to give an opinion about a particular situation or event within a certain period of time. When this is done, their work is almost done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/MceMuMPP-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/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 Tuesday, 6 February 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-02-06 Daniel Domelevo is Auditor General A financial analyst Benedict Gibson has challenged claims by the auditor general that he needs prosecutorial powers to be able to effectively fight financial abuse in the public sector. 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