The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the arrest of the Northern Regional Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA) for failing to deposit over GH¢160,000 in internally generated funds into the designated Consolidated Fund Transit account of the Authority.
The directive comes in response to findings contained in the 2022 Auditor General’s report, which indicted the Northern Regional Management of the Sports Authority for the unauthorized expenditure of the funds, a violation of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019.
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Despite being summoned, the Regional Director did not appear before the Public Accounts Committee to provide an explanation for the actions outlined in the report.
Consequently, the committee chairman has ordered the immediate arrest of both the regional director and accountant.
“We are instructing the police to pick up the regional director and accountant of the region without delay. You were invited to testify before Parliament, and you declined, despite being aware that you had misused over GH¢160,000, presuming that you would escape consequences,” James Clutse Avedzi ordered.
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Amidst criticism directed at sports management bodies in the country, the auditor general’s finding sheds another light on incidents of financial impropreity plaguing Ghana’s public service.
