The Auditor General Report for the 2022 Audit Year on colleges and Senior High Schools has directed that Heads of Six Senior High Schools Should be Sanctioned.

This is in Accordance with the Public Procurement Act with the provisions of Section 92 of the Act 663. as amended.

Headmaster/Mistress of Dafiama SHS, Kaleo Senior High Technical School, St. Augustine SHTS, Holy Family SHS, Ullo SHS and Jirapa SHS

Award of contracts above Head of entity threshold.

Section 18 of the Public Procurement (Amendment Act), 2016 (Act 914) provides that, the head of an entity shall ensure that provisions of this Act are complied with and shall refer to the entity tender committee for approval, a procurement above the approval threshold of the head of entity.

Our audit revealed that heads of six schools awarded contracts for the
procurement of various goods and services amounting to GH¢703,111.70 which were above their approval thresholds. Details are shown below:

Management stated that the Entity Tender Committee was not functional.
However, the contracts were not also referred to the district tender review board for approval.

This lapse could lead to uncompetitive procurement which does not ensure value for money in the transactions.
We recommended that the Heads of the schools should be sanctioned in line with the provisions of Section 92 of the Act 663. as amended.

Source: Upper West Media App