The Senior Minister has moved to challenge a $1million surcharge against him.<\/p>\n
A statement from Yaw Osafo Maafo Wednesday said he has instructed his lawyers \u201cto commence legal process to challenge a disallowance and surcharge imposed\u2026by the Auditor General\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the embattled statesman, the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo erred \u201cin law and professional procedures in the exercise of his powers\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Osafo Maafo added his challenge of the surcharge has been initiated on his behalf on four officials of the Finance Ministry.<\/p>\n
Why was the Senior Minister surcharged?<\/p>\n
Mr. Osafo Maafo had superintend the payment of $1million to Kroll and Associates Limited for some consultancy services.<\/p>\n
Using a single-source procurement process, the UK Company was contracted in 2017 to \u201creview electronic evidence, identify assets abroad and manage a joint Civil and Criminal Assets recovery process.\u201d<\/p>\n
By September 2018, $1 million, the equivalent to \u00a24.86 million was made to the company as full payment for its services.<\/p>\n
But the Auditor-General has challenged the arrangement. He explained that by Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution, the contract required parliamentary approval because it involved a foreign company.<\/p>\n
Mr. Domelevo said Yaw Osafo-Maafo\u2019s reply to his queries over the contract with Kroll Associates to provide consultancy services was unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n
His demand for proof of work done by Kroll Associates has also not been satisfied, he said. \u201cWe want evidence of work being done\u201d not \u201cassurances\u201d, the Auditor-General told Joy FM.<\/p>\n
The \u2018approval\u2019 also came two months after the contract had already been signed, he said. The Auditor-General explained, the contract was signed on September 26, 2017, but the purported approval came on November 14 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo there are a whole lot of questions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Osafo Maafo is now headed to the court to challenge the surcharge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Senior Minister has moved to challenge a $1million surcharge against him. A statement from Yaw Osafo Maafo Wednesday said he has instructed his lawyers \u201cto commence legal process to challenge a disallowance and surcharge imposed\u2026by the Auditor General\u2026\u201d According to the embattled statesman, the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo erred \u201cin law and professional procedures in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":7019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2863,4237,4568],"class_list":["post-7018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-auditor-general","tag-osafo-maafo","tag-surcharge"],"yoast_head":"\n