{"id":462290,"date":"2018-02-07T14:39:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/heads-must-roll-over-forgery-fraudulent-claims-ace-ankomah\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T14:39:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:39:47","slug":"heads-must-roll-over-forgery-fraudulent-claims-ace-ankomah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/heads-must-roll-over-forgery-fraudulent-claims-ace-ankomah\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads must roll over forgery, fraudulent claims \u2013 Ace Ankomah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday,  7 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/30430829.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Ankomah Ace\" title=\"Ace Ankomah Ace\" width=\"295\" height=\"194\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ace Ankomah, leading member of Occupy Ghana<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518014387_921_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A leading member of pressure group, OccupyGhana has called for an immediate prosecution of persons involved in alleged cases of forgery and fraudulent claims detailed in a special Audit Report.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing the offences committed, Ace Ankomah said it is only through prosecution that the situation could be obviated in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The private legal practitioner told Daniel Dadzie on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show Wednesday, the offences captured in the report are outside the powers of the Auditor-General.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must go to the Attorney-General for prosecutions to commence,\u201d he said, expressing frustration over the repetition of financial misappropriation.<\/p>\n<p>The Auditor-General\u2019s Department has made staggering revelations relating to the expenditure commitments of the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as at December 31, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In some of the cases, contract documents were doctored and presented by officials of some MDAs to made claims for contractors. There was also a situation of overpayment and there were some payments the Auditor-General stopped for the lack of contractual evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The Roads and Highways Ministry, for instance, made a claim for the payment of \u00a275,053,875.39 representing money allegedly owed some contractors. But the Auditors realized a payment of \u00a2100,679,315.28 had already been paid by the Chief Finance Director at the Ministry, representing an excess payment of \u00a225,625,439.89 in respect of the same contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ankomah has asked for tougher sanctions on persons found to have played a role in the questionable transactions captured in the Audit Report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect there will be a surcharge of the officials who made the [over]payment\u2026and they can decide to pay within the 60-day period,\u201d he said in the cases of overpayment.<\/p>\n<p>But in situations where documents were forged with the purpose of duping the state, he suggested the prosecution of those found culpable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClear offences have been committed,\u201d he said, citing an Armed Forces Revolutionary Council decree that makes document forgery a major crime punishable by a long jail term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has gone on for too long for it not to be deliberate,\u201d the tough-speaking lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/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 Wednesday, 7 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-07 Ace Ankomah, leading member of Occupy Ghana A leading member of pressure group, OccupyGhana has called for an immediate prosecution of persons involved in alleged cases of forgery and fraudulent claims detailed in a special Audit Report. 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