Accra: Specialised Financial Courts will soon be established to deal with infractions in the Auditor General's Annual Report, as well as to prosecute individuals involved in illegal mining and other environment-related crimes. President John Dramani Mahama made the announcement at the conclusion of a meeting with Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine, and Auditor General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu.
According to Ghana News Agency, a statement issued by the Presidency highlighted that the meeting recommended these specialised courts would conduct circuit adjudications across the country. Furthermore, the Auditor General will, in accordance with Article 187(7)(b) of the Constitution, continue to 'disallow' illegal expenditures and 'surcharge' the individuals responsible for such expenditures.
The meeting was attended by Supreme Court Judge Justice Gabriel Pwamang, Judicial Secretary Musah Ahmed, Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, Legal Counsel to the President Marietta Brew, Presidential Advisor Joyce Bawah Mogtari, and Minister of State for Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
