Mr. Domelevo said the demand by the board is preposterous at best because he has been out of the position for the past 8 months.
The Audit Service Board in a letter tasked Mr. Domelevo to prepare the notes and hand it over to the acting Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, within two weeks.
However, Mr Domelevo stated that after handing over to Mr Akuamoah ahead of his leave in June 2020, nothing was handed over back to him when he resumed in March this year therefore he has nothing to hand over to Mr Akuamoah.
In a statement, he said: This refers to your letter dated 16th March 2021 with reference number AS8/01/Vol.1/20 on the above subject matter. Your request for a handing-over note is preposterous to me because I have been out of the office for more than eight (8)months.
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Retiring Auditor-General, Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo has described as preposterous (to him), a request by the Audit Service Board for him to prepare a comprehensive handing over of the Service.
He also faults a request for him to hand over to the Ag. Auditor-General, Mr. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, (Deputy Auditor-General in charge of Commercial Audits Department), saying while he handed over to Akuamoah Asiedu before proceeding on his forced leave at short notice last year, upon his return this year after over eight months, he was served with orders to proceed on retirement even before Akuamoah Asiedu could hand over back to him.
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The embattled former A-G described the directive and request from the Audit Service Board as ‘preposterous’.
In a letter dated March 17, and addressed to Chairman of the Audit Service Board, Prof Edward Dua Agyeman, Mr Domelevo explained that in June 2020, he handed over his duties to the Deputy Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu.
“I prepared a handing-over note and handed over to the Acting Auditor-General on 30th June 2020 and he has been in charge for over 8 months.”
“When I resumed work on the 3rd of March 2021, Mr. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu did not hand over to me with the excuse that the handing-over note was not ready,” Mr. Domelevo noted.
Forcefully-retired Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has described as “preposterous”, a formal request sent to him by the Audit Service Board that he officially hand over to his Deputy, Mr Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu.
Mr Domelevo replied the request indicating he handed over to Mr Asiedu in June 2020 when he was forced by President Nana Akufo-Addo to go on leave for 167 days.
Upon his resumption of work on March 3, Mr Domelevo said Mr Asiedu did not hand over to him before the President ordered him (Domelevo) to go on retirement the following day.
“I prepared a handing-over note and handed over to the Acting Auditor-General on 30th June 2020 and he has been in charge for over 8 months”, Mr Domelevo said in his reply to Professor Dua Agyeman, the Audit Service Board Chairman, adding: “When I resumed work on the 3rd of March 2021, Mr Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu did not hand over to me with the excuse that the handing-over note was not ready”.