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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Kluste Avedzi has said that the committee should be clothed with the power to arrest people who lie when they appear to answer questions regarding the operations of their respective institutions.<\/b><\/p>\n

At the moment, he said, the committee has no such power to arrest, a situation that is eating a challenge to the committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need powers to effect arrests of people who lie before the committee,\u201d Mr Klutse Avedzi Speaking in an interview on the Hot Issues on Sunday, May 5.<\/p>\n

Mr Avedzi further expressed concern about the failure to act on its recommendations for prosecution by the Office of the Attorney-General (A-G).<\/p>\n

The PAC has been making referrals for prosecution but it appears no action has been taken on them.<\/p>\n

For instance, last year, the committee referred the Registrar General\u2019s Department to the Attorney-General (A-G) for prosecution for breach of the procurement process.<\/p>\n

But Mr Avedzi says someone in government has deliberately refused his or her job to get the persons prosecuted.<\/p>\n

Procurement breaches: Most of PAC\u2019s referrals for prosecution aren\u2019t acted upon \u2013 Avedzi<\/p>\n

He stated that this is one of the challenges faced by the Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the recommendations we make for people to be prosecuted for procurement breaches don\u2019t get transmitted to the Attorney-General for action. I think somebody is intentionally not doing his work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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