Imani Africa questions GH¢120,884 gap in Minority’s South Africa evacuation figures

Imani Africa has identified a GH¢120,884 discrepancy in figures presented by the Minority in Parliament over the GH¢49.72 million spent on evacuating Ghanaians from South Africa.

In an assessment of the Minority’s allegations, the organisation said paragraph 19 of the statement cited an alleged discrepancy of GH¢16,423,470, while paragraph 22 put the figure at GH¢16,302,586.

The difference between the two amounts, Imani Africa said, requires clarification before conclusions can be drawn about the evacuation expenditure.

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The Minority has claimed that approximately GH¢16.42 million – equivalent to about 33 per cent of the reported GH¢49.72 million cost – has not been adequately accounted for. The evacuation exercise involved 1,964 Ghanaians.

Imani Africa said the issue was not limited to reconciling the conflicting figures. It also questioned how much public money Ghana should commit to independently establish what happened to the funds.

The organisation estimated that a limited financial reconciliation could cost between GH¢250,000 and GH¢750,000. An international forensic audit, it said, could require between GH¢1 million and GH¢3 million, while a broader cross-border investigation could cost GH¢3 million or more.

It stressed that the figures were indicative planning estimates rather than confirmed quotations.

Records should be checked first

Imani Africa recommended that authorities initially compare beneficiary registers with payment records, airline manifests, boarding passes, immigration records and receipts.

It said this process should take place before any decision is made to commission a more extensive forensic investigation. A preliminary reconciliation could establish whether the disputed entries arose from clerical mistakes, incomplete records, unsupported payments or genuine financial losses.

The organisation said the government had a responsibility to account for public expenditure. At the same time, it said the Minority needed to explain the figures on which its allegations were based.

Imani Africa said the central issue was whether Ghana should spend as much as GH¢3 million investigating the alleged discrepancy before less costly verification procedures had been completed.

Its document concluded that the immediate priority should be an independent review of the available evidence to establish the facts surrounding the evacuation expenditure.