The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has strongly rebuked the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and issued a two-week ultimatum to its internal auditor, Ridwan Kokroko, demanding details regarding an unaccounted GH¢110,000 in revenue.
According to the Auditor General’s report, six revenue collectors of the AMA failed to deposit GH¢151,000 into the assembly’s account.
AMA officials claim that a portion of the funds has been recovered, but GH¢110,000 remains unaccounted for.
Committee chairman James Klutse Avedzi attributed the situation to the internal auditor’s negligence, emphasizing the urgency of providing documentation for the missing funds within two weeks.
Failure to do so will result in the auditor being held accountable for refunding the money.
“Don’t think that this committee doesn’t know anything. You are not doing your work as an auditor. You are not! I don’t believe that an officer is not well, and for that matter, the file cannot be retrieved.
“We are giving you two weeks to go and locate the file and show it to the auditors to ensure that lodgement had been made for these GH¢110,000 and if you fail, we will make you pay the money,” he added.