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General News of Saturday, July 27, 2019
Source: ghanacrusader.com
2019-07-27
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide
The editor of the New Crusading Guide, Mr. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, described detractors of the $ 4.5 million spending on Black Stars as suffering from "premature ejaculation."
According to Kweku Baako, critics who rushed into town to condemn the sports minister did not understand how the rules of parliament work.
"The Minister was in Parliament pursuant to Standing Order 70 (2) … to present only an interim report. Everything he has presented to Parliament is subject to verification, "he said.
The veteran journalist was speaking on Saturday as a panelist on JOY FM's news badysis program News File.
"For me nothing is worse. People are naturally right to question certain expenses. But everything will be discoverable after an audit.
"So why hurry? The figures presented by the minister are preliminary, subject to verification, "he said.
Kweku Baako added that "… it is too early for the type of noise that reigns there. It's a disaster. "
He pointed out that the minister's badurances that a full report was expected from the Standards Committee should calm the nerves, because there is another way to make the finances of the Black Stars campaign in Egypt more accountable.
"Members of Parliament can also trigger an urgent matter for the minister to appear in front of the house. The Ministry of Sports will also prepare a detailed statement of accounts and the Auditor General will verify it before the report is sent to Parliament, "he said.
When fellow panelist Randy Abbey, a former spokesman for the Ghana Football Federation, explained why Parliament would only be informed of CAN's spending when a budget was not approved by the House, Kweku Baako revealed that the spending had been voted by the government reserve fund. .
Kweku Baako also observed that he did not encounter any problem of investment in the sport because he was football fanatic. He argued, however, that the funding process should be subject to transparency and accountability for good governance.
Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah shocked the country on Monday, saying the budget was $ 6.3 million and $ 4.5 million spent on the Black Stars failed the AFCON program in Egypt .
The detailed breakdown was not convincing enough, provoking intense debate and requiring appropriate accounting details.
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