Public Accounts Committee Holds Public Sittings In Tamale

19-04-2022




The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is currently holding public hearings in Tamale, capital to consider four (4) Auditor-General’s Reports referred to the Committee. The four (4) reports include: The Report of the Auditor-General on Universities and Polytechnics for the period ended 31st December, 2018. Tamale Technical University, Bolgatanga Polytechnic and Wa Polytechnic. Pre-University Educational Institutions for the year ended 31st December, 2018 and all Pre-University Educational Institutions in the Northern Savannah and North East Regions cited in the Reports. Consideration of the Reports of the Auditor-General on the Management and Utilisation of Districts Assemblies Common Fund and Other Statutory Funds for the year ended 31st December, 2018. Accounts of Districts Assemblies (IGF) for the year ended 31st December 2018 and all Assemblies in the Upper East and Upper West Regions cited in the two reports.

Also included are consideration of the Reports of the Auditor-General on the Management and Utilisation of District Assemblies Common Fund and Other Statutory Funds for the year ended 31st December 2018, Accounts of District Assemblies (IGF) for the year ended 31st December 2018 and all Districts in the Northern Region cited in the two reports.

Lastly, the consideration of the Reports of the Auditor-General on the Management and Utilisation of District Assemblies Common Fund and Other Statutory Funds for the year ended 31st December 2018, Accounts of District Assemblies (IGF) for the year ended 31st December 2018 and all Districts in the North East and Savannah Regions cited in the two reports.

In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. James Klutse-Avedzi, cautioned all the invited institutions to be sincere to the Committee while responding to the quarries in the reports to avoid perjury.

The Committee is expected to sit from today to Saturday 23rd April 2022, to consider the above-mentioned institutions in the Northern, Savannah, North East, Upper East and Upper West Regions who have been cited in the Auditor-General's Report, 2018.