{"id":5924,"date":"2024-05-21T09:35:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=5924"},"modified":"2024-05-21T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:35:33","slug":"payroll-report-kumbungu-d-a-primary-school-exists-osps-investigation-is-so-flawed-ras-mubarak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=5924","title":{"rendered":"Payroll report: Kumbungu D\/A primary school exists, OSP\u2019s investigation is so flawed \u2013 Ras Mubarak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has said the Office of the Special Prosecutor got its facts wrong in the payroll audit that was conducted with the Controller and Accountant-General\u2019s Department (CAGD).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OSP, CADG report had captured that \u201cIn one instance, it was discovered that DA Primary School in the Kumbungu District of Ghana Education Service did not exist at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYet, this non-existent contrived entity was represented as staffed and the purported staff were being validated monthly and being paid salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-1d7698d9697b1ca3decdafc2bd231232 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6jtSIAv_70?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is extremely worrisome that a non-existent entity had been designated as a functioning District Assembly Primary School and the data of the artificially created staff had found its way into the government payroll system for regular payments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reacting to this portion of the report, Ras Mubarak wrote on his Facebook page \u201cVery Bizarre. I don\u2019t know where the Office of the Special Prosecutor \u2013 Ghana got its facts, but the investigation is so flawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cContrary to reports that Kumbungu D\/A primary is nonexistent, the school has been functioning for several decades, with existing structures. I know this for a fact because the school is just a few meters from my house in the constituency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has said the Office of the Special Prosecutor got its facts wrong in the payroll audit that was conducted with the Controller and Accountant-General\u2019s Department (CAGD). 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