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Domelevo’s retirement justified – Nana Addo replies CSOs

Nii Larte LarteybyNii Larte Lartey
March 20, 2021
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has responded to the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Corruption insisting that his decision to retire Daniel Yaw Domelevo as Auditor General is justified.

It comes on the back of concerns raised by various civil society organisations who argued that the forceful removal of Mr. Domelevo was a travesty of Ghana’s fight against corruption.

They further demanded the reinstatement of Mr. Domelevo.

But President Akufo-Addo in a 21-page response signed by his Secretary, Nana Bediatuo Asante said claims that he deliberately hounded the Auditor General were erroneous.

The statement cited among other things, the hurried nature with which Mr. Domelevo was appointed into office by former President John Dramani Mahama after the ex-President’s “painful loss” in the 2016 general elections.

Akufo-Addo also accused Mr. Domelevo of owing allegiance to Mahama and not the nation.

Following the forced retirement, the CSOs took on the President describing his directive as unlawful and an affront to good governance.

Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Centre for Democratic Development CDD-Ghana, Dr. Kojo Asante for instance said, the action breaches Article 23 of the constitution.

“The questions regarding Mr. Domelevo’s date of birth which formed the recent basis for the President’s letter were not handled in accordance with the Constitutional directive in Article 23. The actions of the office of the President and the Audit Service affirm our belief that Mr. Domelevo has been unfairly targeted,” he said.

However, President Akufo-Addo while reiterating his support for constitutionalism and strong institutions of the state, maintained that “it is completely disingenuous on anyone’s part to suggest, even remotely, that the President has been removing constitutional officeholders that he met in office or that he has difficulty working with them”.

Click here for the President’s full response.

 

 

On March 2, a day before Mr. Domelevo was scheduled to return from his controversial forced leave, the Audit Service Board questioned his nationality and age.

The Board claimed Mr. Domelevo should have retired in 2020 and is Togolese.

The Audit Service Board, based its claims on records at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) provided by the Auditor General.

His date of birth is said to be June 1, 1960, and not June 1, 1961.

Mr. Domelevo however refuted these claims in further correspondence.

The Presidency endorsed the retirement claims of the Audit Service Board and said it considered Mr. Domelevo retired.

“The President is of the view that you [Domelevo] have formally left office,” the letter from the presidency said in response to the date of birth concerns.

In a letter, the Presidency thanked him for his service and indicated that a substantive replacement for him will soon be announced.

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