{"id":201929,"date":"2024-07-22T09:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/scrap-audit-service-board-domelevo-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:34:37","slug":"scrap-audit-service-board-domelevo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/scrap-audit-service-board-domelevo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap Audit Service Board \u2013 Domelevo \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has called for the scrapping of the Audit Service board.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Domelevo was involved in a public tussle in the lead-up to President Akufo-Addo asking him to proceed on leave in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former Auditor-General, the independence of the Auditor-General is not fully guaranteed if the power to recruit personnel is vested in the Audit Service Board.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 2024 Domelevo Accountability lectures in Accra, he said, \u201cMy personal considered opinion, given what I have experienced, is that the board is not necessary for an independent institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRead the constitution, you will see that the Auditor-General in the performance of his function is not under the direction and control of any other person. Now, the same Constitution constitutes a board and makes him a member of the board and says that it is the board that appoints staff. If they give you the staff, they can control you, they will give you chaff, hence the wrangling you heard about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other jurisdictions, like Sierra Leone, they copied our law, their audit service act is almost word for word with that of Ghana, except that when they reached the board, made it advisory board to the Auditor-General and the Auditor-Gneral is the chair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>citinewsroom.com <\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has called for the scrapping of the Audit Service board. Mr Domelevo was involved in a public tussle in the lead-up to President Akufo-Addo asking him to proceed on leave in 2021. 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