The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has strongly rebuked the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and set a two-week deadline for its internal auditor, Ridwan Kokroko, to account for a missing GH¢110,000 in revenue.
According to the Auditor General’s report, six revenue collectors at the AMA failed to deposit GH¢151,000 into the assembly’s account. While some funds have been recovered, GH¢110,000 remains unaccounted for.
Committee Chairman James Klutse Avedzi attributed the situation to the internal auditor’s negligence and demanded the missing funds be reconciled within two weeks.
Failure to do so would result in the auditor being held liable to refund the money.
“Don’t think that this committee doesn’t know anything. You are not doing your work as an auditor. You are not! I don’t believe that an officer is not well, and for that matter, the file cannot be retrieved.”
“We are giving you two weeks to go and locate the file and show it to the auditors to ensure that lodgement had been made for these GH¢110,000 and if you fail, we will make you pay the money.”
