The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has rescheduled its probe into the GH₵68 billion audit to next Monday, March 30, the PAC Chair, Abena Osei-Asare, has announced.
The committee will conduct its hearings during Parliament’s recess, running from Monday through Thursday, April 2.
The PAC Chair, in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Wednesday, March 25, indicated that the original three-week deadline for the audit review is not feasible due to delays caused by earlier interruptions in parliamentary proceedings.
The controversy follows the sudden withdrawal of Majority members from a committee sitting, forcing proceedings to be halted in its probe into a special audit report on GH¢68 billion in government arrears.
Madam Osei-Asare stressed that the committee is ready to continue its work and called for full cooperation from all members to ensure transparency and accountability in the audit of public funds.
The audit report, presented to the Parliament of Ghana on Tuesday, 10 March, was submitted by the Ministry of Finance through Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem, acting on behalf of Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson.
The report highlights suspected irregularities, falsified records and questionable payment claims relating to GH¢68.7 billion in government arrears and payables as of the end of 2024.
Following its presentation, Bernard Ahiafor, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, referred the report to the Public Accounts Committee for detailed examination and directed the committee to conclude its investigation within three weeks.
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