{"id":90564,"date":"2025-08-20T14:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90564"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:28:33","slug":"i-was-attending-to-our-new-executive-secretary-council-of-state-hr-on-why-he-was-late-to-pac-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90564","title":{"rendered":"I was attending to our new Executive Secretary \u2013 Council of State HR on why he was late to PAC sitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>2 Minute, 6 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Members of Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee were livid at Wednesday\u2019s hearing after the Council of State of Ghana appeared before the committee late, explaining that their delay was due to attending to their newly appointed Executive Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the morning, proceedings had ground to a halt for more than half an hour when the Chief Director of the Office of Government Machinery, Alhaji Abubakar Wayo, also arrived late.<\/p>\n<p>The delays left the committee visibly frustrated, as Chairperson Abena Owusu Asare expressed strong displeasure at the conduct of the officials. She criticised both the Chief Director and the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Presidency for failing to take the committee\u2019s work seriously.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read also: PAC halts sitting over Chief Director\u2019s no-show, forces apology after late arrival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cPlease take the Public Accounts Committee seriously! Dr. Wayo has been in this system for God knows when. You are supposed to appear here with your head \u2013 and the letter we wrote to you was very clear. Wherever he is, he has to come for us to continue with the proceedings. Because that is part of his mandate as a Chief Director.<\/p>\n<p>When we take up roles, we live by them, and we discharge the mandate every time we are called upon to do that,\u201d she exclaimed in frustration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566.png\" alt=\"I was attending to our new Executive Secretary \u2013 Council of State HR on why he was late to PAC sitting\" class=\"wp-image-10032830191\" title=\"I was attending to our new Executive Secretary \u2013 Council of State HR on why he was late to PAC sitting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-554x300.png 554w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-233x126.png 233w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-218x118.png 218w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-783x424.png 783w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-330x179.png 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-225x122.png 225w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-217x117.png 217w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-340x184.png 340w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-277x150.png 277w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566-55x30.png 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1566.png 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>After waiting for over 30 minutes, the Chief Director, Alhaji Abubakar Wayo, appeared and explained that he had to attend to some other duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was to come with them but I asked that because there were a few things I had to tidy up in the office, they should take the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His explanation, however, did not sit well with the Chairperson of the Committee, Abena Osei Asare.<\/p>\n<p>She retorted that \u201cyou know that nobody comes to the Public Accounts Committee without at least the head of the entity. But you asked them to go, for you to join us later. You have been in the public service for at least 27 years, and you should know that this is not the way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Council of State\u2019s Justification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the Council of State also appeared later, their justification has been that they were attending to their newly appointed Executive Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonourable Chair, a new Acting Executive Secretary has been appointed to the Council of State and I needed to clear some issues with him before I leave.\u201d The Head of Human Resource and Administration explained.<\/p>\n<p>He apologized to the committee and promised not to repeat the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"90564\" class=\"be-face-icons un-reacted\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\n                        <img 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