{"id":467759,"date":"2018-02-26T17:21:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/bawumia-charges-auditor-general-to-work-with-special-prosecutor\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T17:21:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:21:52","slug":"bawumia-charges-auditor-general-to-work-with-special-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/bawumia-charges-auditor-general-to-work-with-special-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia charges Auditor-General to work with Special Prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/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\/69178355.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vicepresident Bawumia Auditor\" title=\"Vicepresident Bawumia Auditor\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia<\/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\/1519665712_374_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Auditor-General to work with the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu who has been appointed to fight political corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The Auditor-General had expressed hope that he will be granted similar prosecutorial powers given the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>He had disallowed a whopping 5.4 billion cedis that would have been fraudulently paid to contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Dormelevo wanted prosecutorial powers to enable him to address alarming levels of impunity and corruption within the public service.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the amounts he disallowed, previous audit reports have indicted officials for embezzlement and mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2018 Accountability Week organised by the Auditor Service, the Vice-President may have dropped the hint that Dormelevo&#8217;s request to the Attorney-General for powers of prosecution will be declined.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia did not speak to the request directly but charged Daniel Domelevo to partner the Special Prosecutor who is due to start work this week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/RPNBB9rC-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu, Ghana&#8217;s first Special Prosecutor was sworn into office last week and has promised to vigorously fight all acts of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting a landmark Supreme Court judgment in OccupyGhana vs Attorney-General, the Vice-President charged the Auditor-General to continue surcharging public officials indicted in the Auditor-General reports.<\/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>&#8220;We believe the time has come where it is necessary to strengthen constitutional bodies &#8230;to protect the public purse,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice-President described corruption as a &#8220;destroyer of nation-building&#8221; and expressed government&#8217;s commitment to fighting the canker without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not a partisan matter&#8221;, he told the gathering and assured the Auditor-General, he will receive every possible support from the government.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/dODmvhCu-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 3 --><\/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 Monday, 26 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-26 play videoVice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Auditor-General to work with the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu who has been appointed to fight political corruption. 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