Financial Irregularities In Assemblies: part One
Twifo Hemang Denkyira District Assembly Fingered In ¢7,194.64 Without Any Relevant Documentation
The Twifo-Hemang Lower Denkyira District (THLDD) is one of the 17 Administrative Districts in the Central Region of Ghana. It is bounded on the north by the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, to the south by the Abura Asebu Kwamankese district, Cape Coast Metropolis and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality, to the west by the Wassa Mpohor East District and to the East by Assin North Municipal and Assin South District. The District has total area of 1,199km2 and 1,510 settlements. The district has eight (8) Area Councils and four (4) paramountcies namely: Twifo, Atti Mokwa, Hemang, and Lower Denkyira.
According to the auditor general's 2018 report, it has been revealed that, the District has made an unsupported payment of seven thousand One hundred ninety Four Ghana cedis sixty four pesewas ( Gh¢7,194.64).
Regulation 39 of the financial administration regulation 2014, requires that, a head of department to ensure that transactions are properly authenticated to show that amount are due and payable and order for disbursement that does not meet these requirements is rejected.
Contrary to the above regulation, the management of Twifo Hemang Denkyira District Assembly made a total payment of ¢7, 194.64 from the (PWD) But were not supported with relevant expenditure documents such as statement of claim, receipts and invoices to authenticate the transactions.
Poor supervision on the part of the respective finance officer to ensure that these relevant documents were obtained to substantiate the transactions before payment were made accounted for the anomaly payment not properly substantiated could lead to payment for goods not supply and services not rendered to the Assembly.
Following this misused of public funds, the auditor general has recommended the recovery of the amount (¢7,194.64) from the coordinating director and the finance officers of the respective Assembly.
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