Operations of Ministries fraught with fraud and irregularities - AG
Operations of Ministries fraught with fraud and irregularities - AG
Accra (Greater Accra) 19 Oct '99
The financial operations of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the government for 1998 were fraught with fraud, losses and irregularities, an Auditor-General's report said.
The report, which is on the public accounts of Ghana for the year ended 31st December 1998, was laid before Parliament on Tuesday. It accordingly made a number of recommendations to improve the financial operations of the MDAs.
The report recommends that the internal control procedures should be strengthened while recoveries are pursued relentlessly to curtail the incidence of malfeasance in those establishments.
The controller and Accountant-General should ensure that commercial banks promptly transfer monies held on behalf of the government in collections and suspense accounts into the consolidated fund.
The report urged the Ministry of Lands and Forestry to make serious efforts to recover a total of 4.2 billion cedis owed in royalties and concession rents by timber firms.
It recommends that recoveries, in respect of misappropriated funds, loans, advances, overpayments and unauthorised salaries, should be aggressively pursued by managements of MDAs.
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