The management of the Ghana School of Law (GLS) has been referred to the Attorney General (AG) for prosecution due to alleged procurement breaches.
The Auditor General’s report reveals that the Law School procured various goods and services without obtaining the necessary approval from its board.
Additionally, the institution was accused of circumventing the sole sourcing procurement process.
The Public Accounts Committee noticed these infractions and has referred the matter to the Attorney General for further action.
During the proceedings of the Public Accounts Committee sitting, on Wednesday, August 14, the Member of Parliament for Tano North, Freda Prempeh said, “The Auditors noticed that payments for the procurement of various goods and services, they did not obtain approval from the board, neither did they go through the three different sources.”
The Acting Chief Accountant of the General Legal Council, Yusuf Osman, admitted the breach in the procurement process by the Ghana Law School.
“The suppliers were registered suppliers of Ghana School of Law, we had regularly engaged them in a number of transactions, at which point we complied with all the relevant procedures. Except in this instance, those additional invoices at the time of auditing were not attached to those transactions… We admit,” he said.
James Klutse Avedzi, Chairman of PAC stated that the management of the Law school will be recommended for prosecution.
“You are at fault, you have flouted the law, you have admitted and so, we will recommend you for prosecution,”he said.
