Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticized the Ministry of Sport and Recreation for a GFC35.8 million expenditure bill submitted to the Ministry of Finance for the deployment of 6,000 cops through the 2023 African Video games, with out supporting documentation.
The committee additionally expressed concern over a separate invoice of CHF455,000 for hostel lodging used through the Video games, saying that no documentation had been offered to justify the cost request submitted to the Ministry of Sport.
Throughout the proceedings on Monday, Could 18, Samuel Attamirs, a rating member of the committee, questioned how such massive expenses could possibly be made with out proof and prompt that repeated misconduct throughout the division could require broader administrative reforms.
“Unsubstantiated claims amounting to 35.8 million Grins have been made towards simply 6,000 cops through the African Video games,” he mentioned.
“In 2024, CHF35.8 million was spent on police alone, however there isn’t any documentation to assist this expenditure. How is that potential?”
Attamiruz additionally criticized the ministry for its continued corruption regardless of frequent modifications in management.
“There was a time when the Ministry of Sports activities modified ministers nearly yearly,” he mentioned.
“If we nonetheless do not perceive this duplication and irregularity, I do not see why solely the minister must be modified yearly. Maybe everybody within the division must be changed yearly whereas the minister stays in workplace.”
In the meantime, Kwaku Ofosu-Asare, govt chairman of the African Video games 2023 Native Organizing Committee, informed the committee that police initially promised organizers that paperwork supporting the allegations can be offered, however they didn’t.
“Initially, cops had been solely supposed to help in finishing up safety duties,” he defined.
“At first we had been feeding them too, however then they backed off. Then, out of nowhere, on the finish of the occasion, they launched this invoice.”
Dr. Ofosu Asare mentioned he personally sought a breakdown and justification of the fees after being shocked by the quantity supplied.
“I wrote to them to justify such an enormous amount of cash, however they could not provide you with any justification,” he mentioned.
“That is how we ended up right here. I used to be shocked to the bone by the kind of invoice they launched and requested them to supply a breakdown and supporting particulars of what they had been claiming.”
