PAC threatens to summon IGP to parliament


The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has threatened to summon the Inspector General of Police, IGP before the committee to answer questions relating to the lodging of a gun licence fee into a wrong account.  

A Divisional Commander of Police at Sogakope in the South Tongu District has reportedly collected revenues under the South Tongu Collection Accounts and lodged the said amount into a Ghana Commercial Bank at the High Street Branch in Accra instead of the Consolidated Fund at the Bank of Ghana. 

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament Kweku Agyemang-Manu wondered why since 2011 the Ministry of Finance was not able to retrieve the money. 

He therefore gave the Ministry and the Controller and Accountant General’s Department up to next week to update the Committee on the issue. 

Failure to do so he emphasized may result in summoning the IGP to the Committee.

GBC