GHS Infraction: Commend PAC for crucial role in retrieving state cash – Avedzi

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has described the retrieval of some GHC 61,000 from the Ghana Health Service into state coffers as one of its success stories.

The said amount was realised from the sale of some state vehicles and motor bikes that were deemed unserviceable in 2014.

For the past three years the money has not been lodged into the appropriate government account until the service was queried by the committee following findings from the Auditor General.

Nonetheless, the Chairman of the Committee, James Klutse Avedzi said the GHC will be made to pay the interest on the amount.

“After the auction of government vehicles-they were keeping that money in their account. For a fact that we have invited them, they quickly mobilized money and went and pay the money to government. So this is one of the success story we’ve been saying that if Ghanaians don’t know what has been the success story of the Public Accounts Committee(PAC) hearing, now we want to bring the attention of Ghanaians.” The said amount was hurriedly paid into the account only last Monday after the PAC had served notice to the GHS to appear before it in respect of the disposal of government vehicles captured in the Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General (A-G) for 2015.

According to the regulations on auctions, proceeds from auction sales should be banked within 24 hours but the GHS failed to do so.

This came to light at the public hearing yesterday when the GHS took its turn to appear at the PAC to respond to queries of infraction and lack of transparency in the disposal of government vehicles.