Financial Irregularities Under Mahama And Akufo-Addo Cost Ghana GH¢5.46 Billion – Auditor General Reveals

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The Auditor-General has released a report on how both the Mahama and Nana Addo administration has cost the country GH¢5.46 billion

According to the report, the financial irregularities across all state institutions cost the country GH¢5.46 billion.

The statement shows that the acts were recorded between Mahama’s administration of 2015 and Akufo-Addo’s regime in 2019.

Total irregularities figure of GH¢3.311 billion for 2015 decreased to GH¢718.08 million in 2016. It however spiked to GH¢12.002 billion in 2017. Interestingly, it dropped to GH¢3.007 billion in 2018 but shot up again by 81.8% to GH¢5.46 billion in 2019

excerpts of the report read

The Auditor-General defines financial irregularities as; misbehaviors in the payment of salaries, procurement of logistics, disbursement of loans among other critical revelations.

What this means is that, should criminal investigations begin, some persons of both Mahama and Akufo-Addo regimes could be prosecuted.