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Former Black Stars Coach
to refund 20,800 dollars to Ghana
Accra, Oct. 23, Ghanadot/GNA - Former Black Stars Coach
Mariano Barreto is to refund to the Government of Ghana
13,800 dollars in addition to a penalty of 7,000 dollars for
vacating his post in October 2004.
The Portuguese national who was preparing the Senior
National Team towards the World Cup Tournament in 2006, was
granted a salary advance of 30,000 dollars in February 2005
for a two year contract, but vacated his post before the
contract expired.
Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and
Sports confirmed this on Tuesday, when answering questions
at the public hearing of Public Accounts Committee of
Parliament in Accra.
He said Ghana had honoured any monetary sanction imposed by
the world football authority FIFA, but Mr Barreto was still
flouting the ruling of FIFA to pay his debt.
"The Ministry would take the matter to court to compel Mr
Barreto to pay his indebtedness to Ghana, " he added.
The Committee examining the Auditor General's Department
report for 2005 said there was double payment of bills by
two sports institutions to the management of Silicon Hotel
in Kumasi.
Kumasi office of National Sports Council paid 449.60 Ghana
cedis (4,496,000 cedis) to management of the hotel after
Ghana Football Association had initially paid 448.50 Ghana
cedis (4,485,000 cedis) for the same transaction in June
2004.
However, officials from the Ministry, GFA and NSC said
management of the hotel had refused to refund the money.
The Committee expressed its disappointment over the deal,
and rejected the excuse for the double payment as an
oversight and noted that the problem had arisen from lack of
effective internal control.
It expressed its reservation on the payment of 6,060 Ghana
cedis (60.6 million cedis) between July 2003 and June 2004
for airfare, hotel bills and local travelling expenses to Mr
Yaw Boahene, a London-based Consultant for the maintenance
of sports pitches without any consultancy agreement.
The audit report indicated that in 2004, the Sports Division
of the Ministry paid more than 10,100 Ghana cedis (101
million cedis) through Mr Larry Attafuah, Special Assistant
of the Minister for the supply of 1,000 leather footballs
and 30 football pumps towards sports development, but only
half of the consignment was supplied.
Besides, there was a VAT component of 1,198.77 Euro, but no
VAT receipt was produced after payment.
On education, the Auditor General's Report of 2004 stated
that six teachers from Tema Municipal Directorate of
Education who vacated their post were paid unearned salaries
to the tune of 2,080 Ghana cedis (20.8 million cedis).
Officials from the Ministry told the Committee that a
thorough review of the unearned salary revealed an amount of
2,790 Ghana cedis (27.9 million cedis) instead of the figure
queried.
A breakdown of the refund of the unearned salary were, Mrs
Rebecca Noye, 880 Ghana cedis (8.8 million cedis), Philomena
Elala 97.7 Ghana cedis (977,000 cedis), Janet Terkpor 294
Ghana cedis (2.94 million cedis), Esther Abaka-Mensah, 456
Ghana cedis (4.56 million cedis) and Emmanuel Armah 47.4
Ghana cedis (474,389 cedis) and another person who had paid
880 Ghana cedis (8.8 million cedis).
GNA
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