The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), on the second day of its sitting in Takoradi in the Western Region, has referred three Senior High Schools and their officials to the Attorney-General for possible prosecution over procurement breaches cited in the 2024 Auditor-General’s Report.
The affected schools, all in the Central Region, are Breman Essikuma Technical Institute, Eguafo Senior High School, and Efutu Senior High School.
The Ranking Member of the Committee, Samuel Atta Mills, said the referrals were based on widespread violations of procurement procedures uncovered during the sittings.
He highlighted the case of Eguafo Senior High School, which procured goods worth GH¢122,192 from 19 vendors without following any competitive procurement process, describing the conduct as unacceptable.
“There are so many issues with procurement and I have referred three institutions. What you are supposed to do is that before you get into any kind of procurement, you are supposed to get three bids, and then you pick the best, but most of them just pick one.
“In fact, in one of the schools, when they went to a purveyor to get an invoice, the purveyor didn’t want to give it to them because he already knew they were going to pick somebody else.
“They only wanted his receipts just to put them out there for the auditors. So if you are working on procurements you need to follow the rules,” Mr Mills noted.
