General News of Tuesday, 12 May 2020Source: Starr FMCourt finds Auditor-General guilty of contemptAuditor-General, Daniel Yaw DomelevoThe Financial and Economic High Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, has found the Auditor-General, Daniel Domlevo, to be in contempt of court over his failure to respond within time to an appeal by the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo. The Court proceeded to caution the Auditor General and subsequently discharged him. The Court explained that it recognizes the importance of his work and would, therefore, will not like to frustrate same. Mr. Domlevo to this end surcharged the Senior Minister, Mr Osafo Marfo and the four other officials from the Ministry of Finance. Lawyer for the Auditor General, Thaddeus Sory, after an initial reservation on the decision of the court to hold on with the hearing of the substantive case, got unto the same page with the court.

Source: GhanaWeb May 12, 2020 11:37 UTC