PAC Chair accuses majority of abusing parliamentary trust over GH₵68bn audit probe stall

The Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused the parliamentary majority of abusing their numbers, following the recall of committee members to the floor of Parliament during the ongoing GH₵68 billion audit probe.

In an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Wednesday, March 25, Abena Osei-Asare expressed frustration that members were asked to leave a committee meeting under the pretext of urgent government business, only to find that parliamentary sittings had not even begun.

“When you are given opportunity in a very special way, I say in a very special way, looking at the majority of seats that Ghanaians have given to the NDC, you don’t abuse it. I see this clearly as an abuse of their majority. Why do I say so? I thought there was an urgent government business on the floor.

“We closed from the Public Accounts Committee and then went to the chamber, thinking there was urgent government business on the floor. Sittings hadn’t even begun,” the chairperson said.

The PAC chair further explained that while invited officials from various ministries, departments, and agencies were waiting to provide explanations for the audit, members were forced to leave due to quorum issues, delaying the committee’s work.

“Eventually, when the sitting began, we started with statements. Statements are important, but are they so important that we ask people to leave who are here to explain the audit?” she questioned.

The PAC chair insisted the majority was wrong, stating, “Looking at the majority of seats that Ghanaians have given to the NDC, you don’t abuse it. This is how the majority is abusing the trust that Ghanaians have put in them.”

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