Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram and a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Hon. Sam George has implored PAC to recommend that the Ghana Education Service (GES) serve Heads of Schools with details of projects being undertaken by contractors in various schools.
Sam George made these suggestions during the Third Zone public hearing in Ho, Volta Region to consider the 2022 Auditor-General’s Report on the Pre-University Educational Institutions for the year ended 31st December 2022.
The lawmaker is of the view that if the heads of schools were given the information of the projects they would be able to contact the contractor when the need arises and know what to say when they appear before the Committee.
Meanwhile, the Ranking Member of the Committee Hon. Kofi Okyere Agyekum has cautioned the management of the Ayensuano District Assembly to avoid incurring a lot of infractions cited against them by the Auditor-General.
About 24 Municipal and District Assemblies from the Eastern Region appeared before the Committee.
Out of that 103 infractions were cited against them with an average of 5 infractions per Assembly, however Ayensuano Assembly alone was cited for 19 infractions.
Some of the Assemblies that appeared before the Committee include Birim Central, Fanteakwa South, Upper Manya Krobo, Yilo Krobo and Akuapem North and South.
Abetifi Presby SHS, Apedwa SHS, Benkum SHS, Holy Family NTC, Koforidua SHTS, New Juaben SHS, Pope John SHS and St. Francis SHTS were some of the schools cited in the 2022 Auditor-General’s Report in the Eastern Region that appeared before the Committee.
