{"id":15756,"date":"2019-11-24T10:16:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T10:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=15756"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:38:51","slug":"stay-focused-dont-be-agitator-general-baako-advises-domelevo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/11\/24\/stay-focused-dont-be-agitator-general-baako-advises-domelevo\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay focused don\u2019t be &#8216;Agitator-General&#8217; &#8211; Baako advises Domelevo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has advised the Auditor-General to know when and how he speaks on matters concerning his office.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Malik Kweku-Baako\u00a0who\u00a0said he respects \u201cprincipled\u201d Daniel Yao Domelevo, wants him to be\u00a0circumspect and cautious in his utterances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are times I think he goes too far in his communication and because I like him and I think he needs our support. I pray he stays focused so that nobody starts thinking we have an \u2018Agitator General\u2019 rather than Auditor-General. I say this with a lot of caution and respect to his integrity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He told host Samson Lardy Anyenini on JoyNews\u2019 current affairs show Saturday that people like Mr Domelevo are rare gems for the country and they need to be supported.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Auditor-General surcharged Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo\u00a0for $1m over an agreement with a foreign company without following due process.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show that\u00a0the Senior Minister had\u00a060 days to go to court to seek an order setting aside his surcharge.<\/p>\n<p>This bold move has been criticised by many especially supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/goQGPaWENxU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the Joy FM interview, Mr Domelevo disclosed that a lot of people have been trying to damage his reputation\u00a0so they can cause his\u00a0dismissal as people are unhappy with the work he is doing to save the national purse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you fight corruption, corruption will fight you back and it will fight you in any way that it can, justifiably or unjustifiably. I am aware of this&#8230;I think you heard that last year [2018], Daily Guide [newspaper] was at the forefront of tarnishing my reputation, even saying they are going to strip me naked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have my clothes on and I am not yet naked. It was all because of the procurement of some vehicles for the Ghana Audit Service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Domelevo is under probe by the EOCO after a private citizen petitioned the anti-graft agency alleging a\u00a0breach of the Procurement Law, 2003, Act 663, in relation to the purchasing of vehicles worth almost GH\u00a26.2 million for the Audit Service.<\/p>\n<p>But the\u00a0Auditor-General in a letter to EOCO has declined to cooperate\u00a0with the investigation stating that EOCO does not have the power to investigate him.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Executive Director of EOCO, Frank Adu-Poku,\u00a0hit back at Mr\u00a0Domelevo\u00a0saying he has no power to interpret laws.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on attempts to gag the Auditor-General, Mr Baako said it is time Mr Domelevo becomes circumspect about his utterances.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran journalist had said same about vociferous Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have made the point that the Office of the Special Prosecutor may tame my friend Martin and let him be focused,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baako explained that the former Attorney-General in the Atta Mills regime has been forced to speak publicly\u00a0about certain issues although people would rather he keeps silent and do his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kind of environment we live in, we need people like this to get into those positions and fight it\u2026I am for the two of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>source:myjoyonline<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has advised the Auditor-General to know when and how he speaks on matters concerning his office. Abdul Malik Kweku-Baako\u00a0who\u00a0said he respects \u201cprincipled\u201d Daniel Yao Domelevo, wants him to be\u00a0circumspect and cautious in his utterances. \u201cThere are times I think he goes too far in his communication and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[3748,13314,217,7535,11554,11254,1384,10507,10391,6412,218,4316,9196,4313,11638,4486,192,12234,11493,10197,6030,10342,12329,4487,8999,10681,4520,1358,1409,3291,3954,10415,594],"class_list":["post-15756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-abdul-malik-kweku-baako","tag-acting-executive-director-of-eoco","tag-amidu","tag-atta-mills","tag-audit","tag-citizen","tag-corruption","tag-court","tag-declined","tag-dismissal","tag-domelevo","tag-economic-and-organised-crime-office-eoco","tag-environment","tag-executive-director","tag-forced","tag-frank-adu-poku","tag-ghana","tag-host","tag-interview","tag-investigation","tag-journalist","tag-law","tag-laws","tag-martin-alamisi-amidu","tag-naked","tag-office-of-the-special-prosecutor","tag-osafo-maafo","tag-senior-minister-yaw-osafo-maafo","tag-special-prosecutor","tag-veteran-journalist","tag-will","tag-work","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50489,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15756\/revisions\/50489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}