The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has referred the management of the Ghana School of Law (GLS) to the Attorney General (AG) for prosecution over alleged procurement breaches.
The referral is in connection with the Auditor General’s report which revealed that the Law School procured various goods and services without obtaining the necessary board approval and circumventing the sole sourcing procurement process.
During sitting on Wednesday, PAC noticed the infractions and referred the matter to the Attorney General for further action.
“The Auditors noticed that payments for the procurement of various goods and services, they did not obtain approval from the board, neither did they go through the three different sources,” The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Freda Prempeh.
Meanwhile, the Acting Chief Accountant of the General Legal Council, Yusuf Osman has admitted the infractions.
“The suppliers were registered suppliers of Ghana School of Law, we had regularly engaged them in a number of transactions, at which point we complied with all the relevant procedures. Except in this instance, those additional invoices at the time of auditing were not attached to those transactions… We admit,” he said.
PAC Chairman, James Klutse Avedzi, stated that the management of the Law school will be recommended for prosecution.
“You are at fault, you have flouted the law, you have admitted and so, we will recommend you for prosecution,” he said.
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