Ghana’s Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is proposing harsh penalties for public servants and state institutions cited by the Auditor General for embezzlement of funds.

The Committee has been reviewing Auditor General reports on the public accounts of state institutions and, where irregularities are discovered, enforcing Auditor General recommendations.

Meanwhile, four people – three public servants and one civil servant have been arrested and charged by the Special Prosecutor on corruption related offences.

This follows a Lifestyle Audit by the Special Prosecutor on them and a request for them to declare the source of their various incomes and their refusal to do so.

Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson reports