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Don’t encourage corruption – Domelevo tells public servants

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The Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo has expressed disappointment in public servants who use their office to encourage corruption and abuse of power.

“It is distressing that officials with high educational qualifications, skills and knowledge are increasingly becoming unuseful to society because they have refused to use their acquired knowledge and skills to work towards the nation’s growth and development.

“All we do with our knowledge and skills is to suppress and deny our people what they are entitled to, unfortunately, a call to a public office is a call to serve the public interest and not to loot public resources,” Mr Domelevo cautioned.

Speaking at the sixth International Institute of Certified Forensic Investigation Professionals (IICFIP), Global Forensic Conference in Accra, he stressed that “unfortunately the people who are highly educated, skillful and knowledgeable in society but whose education, skills and knowledge is useless because it doesn’t help society.

The conference was held on the theme: ‘Harnessing Forensic Investigation Skills and Tools for Effective Skills and Tools for Fight against White Color Crimes’, however, the Auditor-General indicated that “transparency, probity and accountability are key and anyone who chooses to hold any public office or in a position of trust must stand ready to be transparent, probity and accountable for his or her stewardship.”

Mr Domelevo reminded the participants of the constitutional principles of State Policy, particularly a principle under Article 35/8 of the 1992 Constitution which says, “the state shall take steps to eradicate corrupt practices and abuse of power” and advised Africans to uphold the principles for the growth and development of respective countries as an appointment into public office should be handled seriously.

The Chairman of IICFIP, Dr Rama Subramaniam, observed that white-collar crime had become a challenge in Africa and impact of knowledge and skills was relevant to harness forensic investigation tools for effective and efficient fight.

The Country Director of IIFCIP, Bismark Allegra appealed to African governments to equip forensic investigators with the tools needed to carry out their work efficiently and effectively and urged colleague auditors to be forthcoming and help reduce the corruption canker.

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