Deputy National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has called on the government to ensure that individuals implicated in the latest Auditor-General’s Report face sanctions, regardless of their political affiliation.
His call follows revelations contained in the Auditor-General’s Report on Arrears and Payables as at the end of 2024, which uncovered several financial irregularities involving public funds. The findings have renewed calls for stricter enforcement of accountability measures within government institutions.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Wednesday, March 11, Kamal-Deen stressed that leadership carries responsibility and that anyone entrusted with public resources must be prepared to account for their actions under the law.
“Whoever is given a mandate is in the driver’s seat and must act within the law. If anybody has not done the right thing in terms of figures or whatever, call them to answer. If the person refuses and you have sufficient evidence, go to court and retrieve the money for the state,” he stated.
He further cautioned against reducing the issue to political propaganda, insisting that the focus must remain on enforcing accountability and safeguarding public funds.
Kamal-Deen also described the decision by the Speaker of Parliament to refer the matter to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as a step in the right direction, indicating that the NPP will closely monitor the committee’s work and its eventual outcome.
“It is a call in the right direction for the Speaker to have referred this matter to the Public Accounts Committee. We are going to follow keenly what the PAC is going to do about this and the outcome.
“The law is clear. Whoever is supposed to pay money or refund some money must be charged and made to pay it to the state. Whether NPP or NDC, whoever is culpable must come forward to answer,” he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem has disclosed that 35 contractors under the Agenda 111 initiative received about 7.9 million US dollars in mobilisation funds but failed to mobilise to the site or undertake work corresponding to the payments.
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