{"id":103238,"date":"2025-11-14T03:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103238"},"modified":"2025-11-14T03:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:58:00","slug":"it-will-blow-your-mind-ato-forson-hints-at-explosive-audit-report-to-drop-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103238","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It will blow your mind\u2019 \u2013 Ato Forson hints at explosive audit report to drop next week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says a damning audit report exposing billions of cedis in questionable claims is set for release next week. <\/p>\n

He warned that the findings are so shocking they could overshadow the 2026 Budget he presented to Parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Joy News\u2019 PM Express, Dr Forson said auditors have already flagged staggering irregularities. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing that the auditors are certain about is that they have rejected \u00a210 billion and said that they don\u2019t pay because the liabilities are recycled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that auditors uncovered Interim Payment Certificates that had been \u201crecycled for the state to pay,\u201d falsified store receipts advice, and claims that were simply \u201cfictitious.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cthe report will be published next week. It will blow your mind. Let me tell you, it is damning, in fact, troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Forson said he halted all payments when he assumed office, even those already queued at the Controller and Accountant-General\u2019s Department and the Bank of Ghana. <\/p>\n

\u201cSome of them felt that, oh, as for that one, it\u2019s been processed and it\u2019s legitimate,\u201d he said. \u201cI said, stop it. My instinct told me, \u2018Stop it\u2019, let\u2019s subject it to audit.\u201d<\/p>\n

His instinct, he revealed, saved the country from a major loss. \u201cYou know how much was there? GH\u00a213 billion. That GH\u00a213 billion, the Auditor General has validated GH\u00a212 billion, the GH\u00a21 billion left, the Auditor General said, don\u2019t pay, they are fictitious. So somebody just concocted.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed that these invoices and certificates had already passed through all the required processes and were \u201conly waiting at the Auditor General\u2019s office, at the Controller and Accountant General\u2019s office, and Bank of Ghana, just waiting for cash for payment. If not that audit, Ghana would have lost that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Forson said those responsible will be named. \u201cThe names are there. The audit will be out, and so they will publish not only their names, but the companies and all those behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he decided to let the budget presentation go ahead before the report drops because he \u201cdid not want it to overshadow the excellent policies in the budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the Auditor-General will release the full document next week, after which \u201cthe Attorney General will have to take over.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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