Management of the Ghana School of Law (GLS) have been referred to the Attorney General (AG) for prosecution over alleged breaches.
The institution was accused of circumventing the sole sourcing procurement process and violating the Procurement Act in the purchase of some items in 2021 and 2022.
The Auditor General’s report reveals that the Law School procured various goods and services without obtaining the necessary approval from the Ghana School of Law board. This came up at the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
During the committee sitting, the Member of Parliament for Tano North, Freda Prempeh, said, “The auditors noticed that payments for the procurement of various goods and services, did not obtain approval from the board, neither did they go through the three different sources.”
In response, the Acting Chief Accountant of the General Legal Council, Yusuf Osman, admitted the breach in the procurement process by the Ghana Law School.
He said, 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.”
The items worth over GH₵300,000 involved some 17 entities. The school requested pardon; however, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman, James Klutse Avedzi, said, “We don’t have that power here to do it. We can only recommend you; then the one who has the power will listen to your plea, go home free, and don’t do it again.”.
“You have admitted that you have flouted, so we will recommend you for prosecution.”
