Minister of State To Refund ?18.5 Million

Minister of State in Charge Fisheries and MP for Ledzokuku Constituency, Eddie Akita, has been ordered by the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) to refund 18.565,650m cedis within 14 days or face a possible prosecution.

This is the outcome of a forensic audit carried out by the commission as a result of a front page-story of the paper captioned “MP HIJACK AIDS FUNDS”.

According to forensic audit report, Hon. Edward Akita could not account for 28,480,000 in the name of Christian Aid Mission (CAM), a local NGO with the purpose to educate members of the community on HIV/AIDS.

The report indicate that, Hon. Edward Akita, had replaced one Ben Markwei, third signatory to the CAM’s account which enable him withdraw the said amount which contradicts GAC directives.