General News of Friday, 24 January 2020Source: primenewsghana.comAuditor-General begs Senior Minister for more timeAuditor-General, Daniel Domelovo and Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo MarfoAuditor-General(A-G) Daniel Yao Domelovo is pleading with the Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo for more time to access, collate and file evidence and documents he claims to have based his purported disallowance and surcharge decision on against Osafo-Maafo and four other eminent public officers. Mr. Domelovo has refused to file the said documents in the high court 14 days after service of the appeal filed by Mr. Osafo-Maafo and the four others contrary to the provisions of the applicable law which deems such conduct a contempt of the High Court. This prompted the Senior Minister and the others to comply with the law by citing the A-G for contempt of the Accra High Court. It is yet to be known whether the Senior Minister and the four others have the power to grant the plea being made by the Auditor-General Daniel Domelovo. BACKGROUNDThe Auditor-General was mandated to file with the Registry of the High Court copies of all documents he was required to rely on before making a decision on disallowance and surcharge 14 days from 13th December 2019, when, according to the court registry, he was served with the said notice of Appeal.

Source: GhanaWeb January 24, 2020 07:52 UTC