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The The president’s office said the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Corruption got it all wrong in questioning the basis of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directive to Mr. Daniel Domelevo to retire as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. auditor general.
The coalition had insisted that the circumstances leading to the “forced” retirement of Mr. Domelevo were a travesty of justice and suggested that the government had lost interest in the fight against corruption.
But, in a 21-page response signed by the president’s executive secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo, the presidency said the directive to Domelevo to retire was harmless.
Entitled “Open Letter to the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Corruption on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, Auditor General of the Republic of Ghana and Related Matters”, the letter dated March 19 2021 and copied to Coalition spokesperson Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante said the President’s Office was aware that the retirement of the former Auditor General had generated interest, especially on social media, some suggesting that the government was not committed to the fight against corruption.
“The account of this discussion centers on unfounded allegations that the government had targeted Mr. Domelevo and wanted him to resign at all costs. This account, pushed by people who should be more familiar with civil discourse of this nature, has was founded on untruths, deliberate misinterpretation of the facts and total disregard for the rule of law to which we as Ghanaians have subscribed.
The Office of the President will encourage all well-meaning Ghanaians to engage in public discussions using correct facts rather than deceiving the good people of Ghana with mistaken facts, speculation and politicized speculation. Mr. Domelevo has served his nation and the President wishes him the best in his future endeavors, ”the letter said.
Last minute appointment
The presidency said that despite former President John Dramani Mahama’s deliberate decision to appoint an auditor general whose allegiance was to him [ Mr Mahama] instead of the nation, President Akufo-Addo offered the Auditor General unprecedented support and a free hand to work.
Quoting correspondents between the Mahama administration and the then State Council, the presidency said it was clear that former President Mahama had consulted the State Council on the appointment of Dr Felix Kwame Aveh in as Auditor General, but changed it to Mr. Domelevo after losing the 2016 elections.
“It is also clear that the consultation process took place before the elections of December 7, 2016. Mr. Domelevo was not the intended auditor general before the election of December 7, 2016. Dr. Felix Kwame Aveh was there ‘auditor general that former President Mahama intended to appoint if he had won the election on December 7, 2016,’ he said.
The letter indicated by notifying the State Council why former President Mahama was seeking to replace Dr Aveh, the then Chief of Staff said “the change is the result of some unforeseen developments. “.
The letter to the Council of State was dated December 13, 2016 while Mr. Domelevo was appointed on December 30, 2016, a week in the swearing-in of President Akufo-Addo.
Again, the letter states shortly after taking office, President Akufo-Addo became aware of the strange circumstances surrounding the appointment of Mr. Domelevo but invited the Auditor General to a meeting in the presence of their [President and Mr Domelevo] A mutual friend, the current Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, encouraged Mr Domelevo to continue his work and pledged his support for his work.
Debunking some people’s claim that the government felt Mr. Domelevo embarrassed him, the statement read: “On the contrary, the president has always been a strong supporter of the Office of the Auditor General because he believes that the The work of the Auditor General is necessary to ensure that the country’s financial resources are used prudently and that public funds are protected ”.
Retirement
On the occasion of the retirement of Mr. Domelevo, the Presidency declared that the Audit Service Commission, after investigation, had invited Mr. Domelevo by a letter dated February 24, 2021 to resolve the discrepancies in his date. birth but in a response dated February 26, 2021, the former auditor-General refused, stating that their information was false and irrelevant, and added that “you are reminded that counsel is not my authority to nomination.”
In addition, the presidency said that the council pointed out the disparities and anomalies in his date of birth and within 24 hours Mr. Domelevo replied that “the information provided to SSNIT was after primary or middle school”, after which the board wrote to him that he had retired and referred the development back to the president.
The letter to the CSOs stated that the President had called for an investigation into the matter and he realized that on October 1, 1978, Mr. Domelevo had manually completed, signed and printed with his thumb a registration form for the CSO. SSNIT while employed by the Ghana Education Service as an 18 year old, stating that he was born on June 1, 1960 and his hometown was Agbetofe in Togo.
In addition, he stated that SSNIT also provided the President’s office with a change of SSNIT beneficiary form which Mr. Domelevo completed on October 25, 1993 in which he indicated his date of birth as June 1, 1961 and this time with Ada as her hometown. .
“It is not known whether this change of date was an attempt to correct his original date of birth provided to SSNIT in October 1978,” the presidency said.
However, the Presidency declared that Mr. Domelevo did not meet the requirements of the Basic National Social Security Regulation, 2011 (LI 1989) and its earlier regulations, the Social Security Regulation, 1973 (LI818) which sets out the procedure for correcting the age of a worker. .
“Through its own investigations, the Office of the President discovered that Ghanaian passport number A454800 issued on February 28, 1996 had June 1, 1961 as the date of birth and now Kumasi as the hometown.
“Thus, of all the official documents concerning Mr. Domelevo, there are two dates of birth: June 1, 1960 and June 1, 1961 and three hometowns: Agbetofe, Ada and Kumasi,” the letter reads.
Kroll Associates
The letter also referred to the case involving Kroll Associates and said it had been misinterpreted by some people.
“The Kroll Associates case has been misinterpreted and deliberately misinterpreted in the public domain to such an extent that a patently false image has been painted that Mr. Domelevo has been targeted because of the rejection and the surcharge in the case involving Kroll Associates and the Hon. Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the former senior minister, responsible for coordinating aspects of investigations into financial irregularities and allegations of corruption during the tenure of former President Mahama.
“Worse still is the patently absurd claim by a popular public commentator that the courts were being used to thwart Mr. Domelevo’s work,” the letter reads.
Below is a copy of the 21-page open letter from the Presidency
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