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Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The acting Auditor-General(A-G), Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has expressed satisfaction after the inspection of documents in the office of the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, on the US$1M Kroll and Associates Limited case

This development comes a day after the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo began his 167 days ‘forced’ leave following an order from the president.

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, reacting to his forced leave, on July 1, revealed that the Supreme Court had given his lawyers 10 days from 24th June 2020, to inspect the Senior Minister’s documents on the Kroll deal before returning to the court.

A signed letter by the acting Auditor-General, addressed to the office of the Senior Minister and sighted by the GhanaWeb stated that “reference to our letter dated 25/6/2020 and yours dated 30/6/2020 and the inspection of documents in your office on 2/7/2020”.

“We wish to state that we are satisfied with the processes and therefore propose that the lawyers inform the Supreme Court accordingly to enable both parties go back to the High Court to continue with the proceedings in that court”.

In 2019, Social Commentator and controversial musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, asked the Supreme Court to declare as illegal, the government’s decision to pay $1m to UK-based Company Kroll Associates.

A-Plus wanted the apex court to essentially back the position taken by the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo.

This was after the Auditor General, claimed that Yaw Osafo-Maafo and the Finance Ministry colluded to pay UK firm, Kroll and Associates Limited, US$1 million for no evidence of work done.

The UK firm in 2017 was contracted by the Senior Minister to recover assets from identified wrongdoers, among others.

According to the Senior Minister, the firm had done the work it was contracted to do and that there was enough evidence of work done.

But the Auditor-General in its annual report on Public Accounts of Ghana (PAG) as of 31 December 2018 on the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) stated that: “during our review of the contract with Kroll Associates, we noted that though there was no evidence of work done, the ministry, in 2018, paid an amount of US$1 million (the equivalent of GH¢4,890,000) to the company”.

The report added that there were inconsistencies in some of the documentation. It said, for instance, “though the contract was signed in September 2017, some of the invoices attached to the payment vouchers predated the award of the contract”.

The A-G’s report stated that in view of the non-performance of Kroll Associates in executing the contract, the agreement should be “abrogated and any money paid to the company recovered immediately”.

Introduction

Isolation and quarantine help protect the public by preventing exposure to people who have or may have a contagious disease.

• Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.
• Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.

Understanding Quarantine and Isolation

• Legal Authorities for Isolation and Quarantine
  • Fact sheet: defines isolation and quarantine; lists the communicable diseases for which federal isolation and quarantine are authorized by Executive Order; describes the authorities of federal, state, local, and tribal laws; defines who is in charge, CDC’s role, and enforcement measures.

Travel Restriction and Intervention Activities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security, has implemented Federal travel restriction procedures to protect travelers and the public from communicable diseases that constitute a public health threat.

At the request of CDC’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, persons who have a communicable disease constituting a public health threat, in addition to meeting specified criteria may be placed on the Do Not Board list and issued a Border Lookout, enforced by the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection, respectively.

For additional information and further guidance, health departments should contact the quarantine station in their jurisdiction. Please refer to the contact information found on the quarantine station contact list. For more background and a summary of the Federal air travel restrictions, please refer to Federal Air Travel Restrictions for Public Health Purposes – United States, June 2007 – May 2008, published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on September 19, 2008.

Quarantine and Isolation in Perspective

History of Quarantine

Brief article describes how the concept of quarantine grew from a 14th century effort to protect coastal cities from plague epidemics up to the present state of the quarantine system in our nation today.Page last reviewed: January 27, 2020Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ)