The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Hon. James Klutse-Avedzi has hinted that the Committee would make recommendations to the House by asking the Auditor-General to do a Financial Performance Audit on only educational projects being funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund).
The Chairman of the Committee made these remarks when the Member of Parliament for Builsa South Constituency Hon. Clement Apak and the MP for South Dayi, Hon. Rockson Dafiamekpor, noted that the irregularities about uncompleted GETfund projects cited in the Auditor-General’s reports are too many and a pragmatic measure must be taken to curtail the situation.
According to the MPs this will even help the Committee to know the number of projects being funded by GETfund at a particular Constituency at any given time.
The Members of the Committee further suggested that Heads of Institutions must be included in the process of awarding contracts so that certain purchased items of low standards are not just dumped on the Schools by the contractors.
The Members of the Committee made these observations at the ongoing Zone One Public Hearing of the Committee in Tamale to consider the 2021 Auditor-General”s Reports on the Management and Utilisation of District Assemblies Common Fund and Other Statutory Funds for the year ended 31st December 2021 and Accounts of District Assemblies (IGF) for the year ended 31st December, 2021 (All MMDAs in the Upper West Region cited in the two Reports).
Some of the District Assemblies and Municipalities that appeared before the Committee include Jirapa Municipal, Lawra Municipal, Lambussie, Nandom, Nadowli/Kaleo, Sissala West and Dafiama /Bussie/ Issa.
There were also a number of Senior High Schools that appeared before the Committee to answer queries cited against them in the Auditor General’s Reports.
