President Akufo-Addo says he believes the embattled Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has reached the retirement age hence cannot remain in office.
A statement issued by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo explained that documents made available to the Office by the Audit Service, indicate Mr Domelevo’s date of birth is 1st June 1960, and that in accordance with article 199 (1) of the Constitution, his date of retirement as Auditor-General was 1st June 2020.
Based on this information, the President is of the view that he has formally left office.
As a result, the President has expressed appreciation to him for his service and indicated that a substantive replacement for him will soon be announced while the Deputy Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu continues to work as the acting Auditor General.
BELOW IS A COPY OF THE LETTER
Meanwhile, Mr. Daniel Domelevo’s has reacted to President Akufo-Addo’s directive for him to retire.
Mr Domelevo took to his Facebook page moments after the letter signed by Nana Asante Bediatuo was made public and decided to summarize his thoughts in a song from the Methodist Hymn Book.
It is unclear the connotation of the song in relation to what many Ghanaians including anti-corruption campaigners have described as hounding of Mr Domelevo from office. However, if the lyrics of Methodist Hymn 10 are anything to go by, the former Auditor-General seems satisfied by his works during his tenure as the institution’s top official.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have shared varied views on social media about the development. Some asked for God’s blessings upon him for his service while others charged him to seek legal intervention for the unfair treatment meted out to him.
To the anti-corruption crusaders, his exit from office signals Ghana’s defeat in the fight against the menace.
However, some youth are happy to get employed as other officials like Mr Domelevo retire from active service.
Government critics also chastised the handling of the matter to denigrate his integrity and nationality.
