Domelevo cautions against fighting corruption quietly
March 12, 2021 Mr Domelevo
The former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has cautioned that corruption is a “dangerous enemy” that cannot be dealt with by an individual but collectively.
“Anybody who tries to fight corruption quietly will not succeed because if you fight corruption alone, you won’t last and corruption is one dangerous enemy you can’t fight alone, and you can’t fight quietly and if you fight corruption quietly, you will be finished in a minute,” he stressed.
Speaking at his thanksgiving service at the Christ The King Catholic Church, Mr Domelevo expressed appreciation to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) focused on fighting corruption for their support, assistance and help to him while he was in office at the Audit Service.
Daniel Yao Domelevo, the immediate past Auditor-General has revealed that then-President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo encouraged him to accept the position of Auditor-General when then out-going President John Dramani Mahama appointed him in 2016.
“In fact, in 2016 when I was appointed, and I was confused as to whether I should accept or reject [it], a call came through from Dr. Matthew Opoku Premeph and after greeting him, he said, ‘hold on for the [then] President-elect’. So Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo encouraged me, he said, ‘Go and take the job’. That is why I am very grateful to him,” Daniel Yao Domelevo told worshippers during his Thanksgiving Mass at the Christ The King Catholic Church in Accra on Wednesday to mark the end of his embattled service to the nation.
The immediate past Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has revealed that President Nana Akufo-Addo was one significant person who encouraged him to take up the appointment as Auditor General when he was appointed by John Mahama in the tail end of the latter rsquo;s administration in 2016. Speaking during a thanksgiving ceremony at the Christ the King Church in Accra to celebrate his retirement, Domelevo expressed appreciation to President Akufo-Addo for encouraging him to take th
play videoDaniel Yao Domelevo (middle) with his family
Daniel Yao Domelevo, the former Auditor-General held a Thanksgiving service last Wednesday, 10 March at the Christ The King Catholic Church in Accra, to thank God for seeing him through his tenure as the Auditor-General of Ghana.
He was accompanied by a few members of his family and friends.
Domelevo used the occasion to thank the people who supported him while in office no matter the challenges that he faced.
Domelevo was also grateful to President Akufo-Addo for the opportunity to serve under his administration and his support.
Bishop Gabriel Kumordzie, Catholic Bishop of Keta-Akatsi Diocese, in his homily said: “You have set a tradition, you have set a certain pace and that is one of the things we are thanking God for. We are here to appreciate you (Domelevo) that even for a short while, you have really made a mark. You have demonstrated to the world that indeed Ghana is not over, that there are good people in Ghana.