Public Accounts Committee recommends prosecution of authorities of Ghana School of Law
Published:
3 months ago
Source:
3News
Management of the Ghana School of Law appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to answer questions relating to the audited financial statements of the General Legal Council for the two years ending December 31, 2022. They were hauled before the committee over procurement breaches, delay in the renovation of the Ghana School of Law building. Another infraction cited was the delay in transfer of revenue collections of over GHC1.2 million into Ghana Legal Council's Bank of Ghana holding account. Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, James Klutse Avedzi, questioned the managers on why invoices for purchases not beyond GHC5,000 were used to procure items more than 10,000, totaling over GHC320,000. Director of the Ghana School of Law, Yaw Oppong admitted the breaches and justified the use of sole sourcing and why management went ahead with procurement without approval from the board of the Procurement Authority.
"The violation or infraction came about probably because of inadvertence.