Daniel Domelevo, the former Auditor-General, has said that internal auditors, directors must be prosecuted where corruption is identified.
According to Domelevo, the fight against corruption will yield results when it is extended to auditors, directors, and heads of institutions who preside over corrupt practices.
Speaking on Ghana’s corruption fight, Daniel Domelevo stated, “Internal auditors, directors, and heads of institutions where corruption is identified must also be prosecuted”
“[President] Mahama can eliminate corruption by strengthening Article 286(4) of the Constitution and ensuring that provisions on reverse burden and unexplained wealth are actively enforced,” Mr Domelevo explained.
He added, “Corruption cases are likely to worsen in the next five years if we fail to enforce existing laws,” said Mr Domelevo.
“Fast-tracking corruption cases to a maximum of three months can serve as a strong deterrent to other public officials,” he said.
In related news, Professor John Osae-Kwapong, a governance expert with the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has weighed in on the Buffer Stock Company scandal.
The professor noted that Ghana has internal auditors everywhere, yet none of the auditors were able to catch the Buffer Stock Company scandal.
According to him, it is strange that Ghana’s internal auditors failed to detect wrongdoings that have cost the state millions of cedis.
Speaking on the AM Show, Prof. Osae-Kwapong stated, “Anytime I listen to the Attorney-General or read the Auditor-General’s report, I ask myself — how come that throughout the entire process, none of the internal auditors or oversight units caught these issues? It’s shocking”.
His comments come after Dr Ayine accused Hanan Abdul-Wahab of acquiring luxury assets by misappropriating public funds during his tenure.
According to the Attorney General, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have traced several properties and bank transactions linked to Abdul-Wahab.
Speaking at the press briefing on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Dr Dominic Ayine detailed, “Seven entities linked to Mr. Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife were used as vehicles to receive and to launder the proceeds of crime from Buffer Stock. The money laundering took the form of property acquisitions across the country, including real estate and luxury goods using the same entities.
The entities in question are as follows:
Alqarni Enterprise
Aludiba Enterprise
Energy Partners Limited
Fa-Hausa Ventures
Fa-Hausa Company Limited and
Aludiba Foundation and
Sawtina Enterprise (owned by a third party connected to the couple)
Bank documents obtained by the EOCO reveal that, within the period that the suspects operated the criminal enterprise, Mr Hanan Abdul-Wahab, his wife and their entities became the largest depositors of Republic Bank.
Investigations established that in 2018, Sawtina Enterprise, an entity owned by James Atieku-Apawu, applied to become a licensed supplier to the Buffer Stock Company. This application was approved by his boss, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, knowing very well that his approval placed James Tieku-Apawu in a conflict-of-interest situation.
Documentary evidence from bank accounts of Buffer Stock revealed that between September 2018 and June 2024, Buffer Stock transferred a total of Ghs78,269,082.04 to Sawtina Enterprise’s bank accounts at Ecobank and Republic Bank, respectively. The payments were supposedly to pay for food supplies made by Sawtina Enterprise to schools under the School Feeding Program (SFP).
Verified records, including waybills and store receipt vouchers (SRVs) from Buffer Stock, indicated that only Ghs 27,389,872.00 out of payments to Sawtina Enterprise were backed by supplies. There is no evidence that the remaining Ghs50,879,210.04 paid to the enterprise was backed by food supplies or any service rendered to Buffer Stock.
A review of Sawtina Enterprise’s bank account revealed that the bulk of the payments which Buffer Stock made to Sawtina Enterprise’s bank accounts (about 98%) of the Ghs 78,269,082.04 were instantly re-transferred to Alqarni Enterprise, Fa-Hausa Ventures and other entities owned and controlled by or affiliated to Hanan Abdul-Wahab and Faiza Seidu Wuni.
He further explained that whenever such payments were deposited into Sawtina’s account, he was prompted by Hanan to expect the transfer and was later instructed on where to move or retransfer the funds. In effect, Sawtina became a conduit for Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife to steal Buffer Stock funds without easy detection.
Transaction analysis of Sawtina Enterprise’s Republic bank account and entities used as vehicles to launder the proceeds of the criminal enterprise established by Hanan and his Wife Faiza corroborated the claims made by Mr. James Tieku-Apawu. For example, a review of some of the re-transfers of the funds paid to Sawtina Enterprise by Buffer Stock”.