The Auditor-General has revealed that the National Communications Authority (NCA) violated the Public Financial Management Act/Regulations requirements when it carried out some activities and services for various Telecommunication companies to enable them to operate within the Telecommunications space.

The NCA accrued a sum of GH¢11,033,925.50 for activities such as licenses for Numbering, 1% Annual Regulatory Fees, Microwave and other services.

This was revealed in the Auditor-General's report on Ministries, Departments and other agencies for 2021.

To prevent a recurrence, the Auditor-General recommended to Management "to increase supervision and tighten controls in revenue management/accounting to avert the likelihood of the above anomaly repeating itself."

Again, the report revealed that the NCA unlawfully granted vehicle loans to 20  employees to the tune of GH¢920,610.37, after sampling 20 Vehicle Loan Agreements.

This contravenes the Public Financial Management legislation requirements.Â

"We entreated Management to regularise the anomaly forthwith in order to minimise the risk of loss of public funds and further advised Management to provide explicit timelines for compliance with loan terms and conditions; we also urged Management to incorporate paragraphs 5.3.16 (e & f) of the NCA Human Resource Policy Manual into the standard loan agreement to forestall a repeat of the above," the report added.

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Source: The Independent GhanaÂ