GBC probes $600K paid to Media General as judgement debt
2nd September 2022 1:08:36 PM
1 min readManagement of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has revealed that the payment of $600,000 to Media General as judgement debt following the termination of a contract with the latter is being investigated.Director General of the GBC, Professor Amin Alhassan, made this known while speaking on the stations Current Affairs Programme christened “FOCUSâ€.
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When asked about the colossal amount as judgement debt, he said â€there is a painstaking investigation into the matterâ€.Responding to some of the issues raised in the 2021 Auditor General`s report which cited an impending judgement debt of more than GH2,000,000 on Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Professor Amin Alhassan, said â€when culpability is established it will be referred to the Auditor General for legal actionâ€.
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On the issue of payment of Long Service Award, Professor Amin Alhassan said the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation contested the issue in Court and won, but, â€the Corporation is sourcing funds to pay the retireesâ€.He, however, made it clear that Internally Generated Fund, IGF cannot be used to pay Long Service Award.
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