PAC Expresses Anger Over Failure of Education Minister To Appear Before Committee

The Public Accounts Committee(PAC) has cautioned the Minister of Education, Yaw Adutwum, over his failure to appear before the committee to review the ministry’s report from the Auditor General. 

According to the Chairperson of PAC, James Klutse Avedzi, failure to comply with the committee’s request would lead the committee to exercise its powers against the minister.

This follows Mr Adutwum’s failure to appear before the committee on Thursday, July 6.

During the hearing, Mr Avedzi urged the minister to demonstrate respect for the committee’s authority and to appear before it.

He said the committee would make efforts to provide an alternative date for the minister’s appearance.

However, he warned that if the minister fails to attend on the rescheduled date, the committee will exercise its powers, as outlined in Article 103 of the constitution.

“Mr Minister, if you are listening to us, kindly give some respect to this committee, we will try our best to give you another date, but if that day you fail to come, well, the powers that we have as a committee under article 103 of the constitution, we will exercise it,” he said.