President Akufo-Addo has justified his decision to compel the former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo to proceed on retirement.
This was contained in a statement issued by his Secretary Nana Bedietuo Asante in response to the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Corruption‘s accusations that the Presidency and the Audit Service Board unfairly targeted Mr. Domelevo.
According to him, events leading to the selection of Mr. Domelevo for the role leaves much to be desired as far as the motive of former President Mahama is concerned.
It explains that the decision to present Mr. Domelevo for the office, days after the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2016 election victory shows that Mr. Mahama wanted his finger on the pulse in the incoming administration to help him ‘pursue a particular agenda.”
He was appointed by former President Mahama on December 30, 2016.
The statement suggests the ‘hurried nature of the switch from an earlier agreed nominee in the person of Dr. Felix Kwame Aveh of an ulterior motive.
To this end, the Presidency believes that it was a deliberate orchestration occasioned by the “painful loss” of the NDC in the 2016 elections with the sole aim of saddling President Akufo-Addo, with an Auditor General whose allegiance was to former President Mahama, instead of the nation, the letter stated.
