The Public Account Committee (PAC) of parliament is set to continue its zone 4 hearing which will comprise the Central and Western regions today in Takoradi.
The Auditor-General has charged 37 coordinating directors and finance officers of various district assemblies to refund over GH¢ 2.1 million unaccounted-for funds to their respective assemblies’ accounts.
The monies were unaccounted for because there were no payment vouchers or retired impress to support their disbursement.
PAC recommended that in the absence of accountability, the coordinating directors and finance officers should be held liable to refund the amount into the assemblies’ accounts”, the Auditor-General further stated that, in its 2021 audit of the district assemblies accounts reports.
On revenue collection, about 163 tax collectors who were engaged by 31 assemblies were paid salaries of over GH¢3.040 million when they could only collect revenue of only GH¢1.6 million representing 54 per cent of their salaries leading to a shortfall of GH¢1.4 million.
The Auditor-General has therefore recommended disciplinary action against non-performing collectors.
The committee recently concluded its public hearing in Ho in the Volta region where it examined the Auditor General’s report on the management and utilization of the District Assemblies common fund and other statutory funds for the year 2021 as well as the accounts of District assemblies for the same year.
A member of the committee and the MP for Bole-Bamboi constituency Yusif Sulemana outlined the committee’s agenda for the week.
Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) / Ahotoronline.com
