{"id":1197755,"date":"2022-09-03T12:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T12:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/03\/auditor-general-must-not-just-document-he-must-disallow-and-surcharge-prof-kwaku-asare\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T12:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T12:21:38","slug":"auditor-general-must-not-just-document-he-must-disallow-and-surcharge-prof-kwaku-asare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/03\/auditor-general-must-not-just-document-he-must-disallow-and-surcharge-prof-kwaku-asare\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditor-General must not just document, he must disallow and surcharge &#8211; Prof Kwaku Asare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"Auditor-General must not just document, he must disallow and surcharge - Prof Kwaku Asare\" title=\"Auditor-General must not just document, he must disallow and surcharge - Prof Kwaku Asare\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>A Fellow of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) claims that it is not in the national interest for the Ghana Audit Service to merely report on the corruption taking place in public institutions without taking any action to recover funds.<\/p>\n<p>According to Prof. Kwaku Asare, the law mandates the Auditor-General to implement stringent measures that will assist the country to retrieve misappropriated or misused funds.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Asare was, therefore, of the view that the Auditor-General should do more than just \u201cdocument and memorialise\u201d these occurrences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"MtapkOWmwAE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Some UG programmes accreditation at various stages of renewal - Prof Awandare\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MtapkOWmwAE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He further added, \u201che should disallow and surcharge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prof Asare made this assertion on JoyNews\u2019 Newsfile Special Edition on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A total of \u00a217.4 billion in financial irregularities were cited by the Auditor-General in its latest report submitted to Parliament for the 2021 financial year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dk0RZXNTqro\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Decentralise GTEC and digitalise accreditation process \u2013 KNUST URO\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dk0RZXNTqro?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The amount was a 36% increase compared to that of 2020. <\/p>\n<p>This is the conclusion reached by the Auditor-General after an audit of the accounts of at least 101 institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Similar audit reports conducted on institutions in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 show irregularities to the tune of GH\u20b5 12 billion, GH\u20b53 billion, GH\u20b5 5.4 billion, GH\u20b5 12.8 billion respectively.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OmE9EF4BZcU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It is too early to say GTEC has failed - Dr Ahmed Jinapor\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OmE9EF4BZcU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On the back of this, Prof Asare says that the Auditor General\u2019s Report has become an \u201cannual ritual\u201d that reminds the citizenry of the lack of accountability by public office holders.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fellow of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) claims that it is not in the national interest for the Ghana Audit Service to merely report on the corruption taking place in public institutions without taking any action to recover funds. 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