Daniel Yao DomelevoThe Audit Service Board has revealed that the Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has passed the age needed to remain in office and said he is supposed to go on retirement.The controversial Auditor General yesterday returned to post after serving his 167 days mandatory leave on the orders of the presidency last year, but there was uneasy calm at the Audit Service Head Office in Accra after being greeted with the news about.
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Co-Chair of Citizens Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu has reacted to President Akufo-Addo’s decision to officially retire former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo.
Speaking on
Joy Prime’s Beyond the Headlines Thursday, Mr Senanu could not hold back his tears when concluding his position on the matter.
For him, individuals like Mr Domelevo must be praised and not chased out of office like the President has just done.
“The teeming masses of Ghanaians would like to see the right thing done; men and women of faith and conscience who consider matters of integrity, hard work, and respect are crucial, want to salute him. Perhaps we will also have a Daniel Yaw Domelevo sooner than later.
Former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo is singing the first verse of Methodist hymn 10 shortly after President Akufo-Addo asked him to go home since, per his documents, he has passed the compulsory retirement age of 60. Now thank we all our God With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his earth rejoices; Who, from our mothers rsquo; arms, Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love And still is ours today
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Social media users have expressed mixed reactions regarding a decision by President Akufo-Addo on March 3, 2021, which retires the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo from office.
Mr Akufo-Addo’s directive was in connection to claims by the Audit Service Board indicating that Mr Domelevo had on June 2020 reached his retirement age.
However, taking to social media, some Ghanaians have described the President’s move as one that erodes the anti-corruption fight while others are of a different view.
The former Auditor-General had proceeded on a 167-day accumulated leave, only to return to be greeted by news of his ineligibility in the country’s workforce.
Photo credit: Daniel Domelevo and Akufo-Addo
Source: Facebook
In reaction to the president’s letter, the former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo has for the first time made a public comment since the directive was issued.
In a Facebook post sighted by YEN.com.gh, he took the words from the Methodist Hymn Book (MHB) 10 titled, Now Thank Thee Our God to share his thoughts.
The post came few moments after the letter from the president indicating his retirement popped up on the internet.
If the lyrics of the popular methodist hymn are anything to go by, the former Auditor-General seems satisfied by his works during his tenure as the institution’s top official.