Former Auditor-General (AG), Daniel Yao Domelevo has responded to the Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s claims that he set a ‘bad precedent’ while in office by making public the Auditor General’s report before it gets to parliament.
According to the majority leader, the move is a ‘bad practice’ which Domelevo introduced before leaving office – but maintained “it must cease”.
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who was speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show made reference to how the other country's Audit General work closely with parliament without leaking its final report to the public.
But Daniel Yao Domelevo argued that Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s claims are “false”.
“Go on the internet and you will find so many Auditor General’s reports, it’s a good practice,” he said
Mr Domelevo told NETA FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie on Friday, (February 24, 2023) that a union for Auditor Generals allow reports to be published for the public.
“We have a group called the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institution, the group supervise all Auditor Generals and they issue a standard to guide our works. Number twelve of the standard says all supreme audit are encouraged to publish their report because they owe duty and accountability to the public, not parliament.”
“Parliament is the representative of the people that is why the report goes to parliament but that doesn’t sport the people who hold shares in the economy from knowing how the government is using their resources.” He explained
