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GH¢297,585 missing at KKMA

A total sum of GH¢297,585.36 is missing at the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA). The Audit Service has recommended that three top officials of the Assembly cough out the money.

The three Assembly officials indicted by the Audit Service are Solomon Tetteh Appiah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Michael Owusu-Amoako, the Municipal Coordinating Director (MCD), and Bright Ametepe, the Municipal Finance Officer (MFO).

According to the 2017 Audit Service Report signed by Gloria Owusu-Afram, the Tema District Auditor, and released on March 26, 2018, 11 payment vouchers with a total value of GH?40,201 were not properly acquitted with receipts or other financial details.

Page 16 of the Report demanded Solomon Appiah, MCE, and Michael Owusu-Amoako, MCD, to be surcharged for procuring items which were not part of the procurement plan. GH?92,621.90 was the cash the Audit Service captured as spent on unapproved and un-updated procurement plan.

Nov. 20, 2018

References:

• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/GH-297-585-missing-at-KKMA-Audit-Service-demands-heads-of-3-officials-702239
• http://dumelafrica.com/gh%C2%A2297585-missing-at-kpone-katamanso-assembly-the-chronicle/
• http://radiotamale.com/2018/11/20/gh%C2%A2297585-missing-at-kkma-audit-service-demands-heads-of-3-officials/