Source: newsthemegh.com
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has started meeting in Tamale to discuss the Auditor General’s Report on Technical Universities for the year ended December 31, 2020, as well as the Reports on the Management and Utilization of District Assemblies’ Common Fund and Other Statutory Funds for the same year in the Northern, North East, Upper East, Upper West, and Savana Regions.
The report, which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2020, is a compilation of the key conclusions and recommendations from the Auditor General’s routine audits of the nation’s 10 technical universities.
The Northern, Middle, Central, and Southern Zones make up the four (4) zones into which the Committee has split its activities.
Management problems existed at Dr. Hilla Limann, Bolgatanga, and Tamale Technical Universities, including a failure to request approval from the Central Review Committee, a refusal to use the Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System, unpaid tuition, and an underpayment of rent.
The Committee also discovered that Bolgatanga Technical University sold its vehicles at auction without getting permission from the appropriate parties. According to the Auditor General’s investigation, officials from the same institution were also discovered moving money to an unnamed SDF project account.
James Klutse Avedzi, the committee’s chairman, advised public institutions to make sure they operate in line with the Financial Management Act and the Public Procurement Rules to avoid breaking the rules and risking penalties.
These institutions must return varied amounts of misused money to the government within two (2) weeks in the majority of cases.
Before traveling to the Middle Zone in the Bono East Area and the Savana Regions, the Committee will spend six (6) days in the Northern Zone.