{"id":462818,"date":"2018-02-08T22:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T22:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/08\/audit-reports-are-not-sacrosanct-doe-adjaho\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T22:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T22:10:57","slug":"audit-reports-are-not-sacrosanct-doe-adjaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/08\/audit-reports-are-not-sacrosanct-doe-adjaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit reports are not sacrosanct \u2013 Doe Adjaho"},"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,  8 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>asempanews.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-08<\/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\/70854532.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rt Hon Edward Doe Adjaho\" title=\"Rt Hon Edward Doe Adjaho\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Edward Doe Adjaho<\/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\/1518127857_162_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Edward Doe Adjaho has taken a swipe at the Auditor General\u2019s Department over their inability to prevent audit reports from going public before they are officially laid before parliament as stipulated in the Financial and Audit Act.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously incensed by the trend, the former speaker of parliament warned that the practice could compromise the very essence of which the aforementioned Act was enacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy understanding of the law and the best Parliamentary practice is that prior to publication, audit reports must be laid in parliament. These reports are subsequently referred to the Public Accounts Committee for consideration and referred to the whole House,\u201d the immediate past Speaker of Parliament said at a public event.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Auditor General\u2019s report on the MDAs is already in the public domain and has been the basis for media discourse in the past few days. The Auditor General himself has been in the media speaking to the issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet, in recent times you read in the media about reports and when you try to get a copy from Parliament you\u2019re told it has not been laid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterestingly, these reports are generating public discourse ahead of the examination and consideration of parliament. This is wrong and impugns on the work of the Public Accounts Committee,\u201d the former MP for Avenor Ave challenged.<\/p>\n<p>He said these at the book launch of Mr Samuel Sallas-Mensah, former Member of Parliament for Upper West Akim in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion of Mr Doe Adjaho, audits reports of the AG are not sacrosanct, warning that its findings could be challenged in any court of competent jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that auditors also do make mistakes. My position is that we should at all cost resist the temptation to leak audit reports which may not necessarily be final on the matter before the reports are laid in the House,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went on the net on my phone and I saw somebody against whom one of the adverse findings have been made against him, challenging two ministries and the Auditor General. It is not too good for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you finish with your report send it to Parliament to do their work. When people are surcharged and they disagree, under the law they can go to the High Court to challenge the surge. Let us allow the due process and let us respect the due process. We should not allow these reports to become propaganda tools in the hands of politicians and I mean NDC and NPP in particular. 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