Mr Justice Abdullai, a private legal practitioner, has slammed the Audit Service’s board of directors for their arguments regarding the date of birth of the Auditor General, Mr Daniel Domelevo.
His remark comes after the Board reported that Mr Domelevo’s date of birth was 1960 when he entered the scheme on October 1, 1978, according to records given by him at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).
The Board claimed once more that Mr. Domelevo’s hometown is Agbetofe in Togo, making him a non-Ghanaian, but that on October 25, 1993, some adjustments were made.
Though the Auditor-date General’s of birth was changed to June 1, 1961, the board reported that Mr. Domelevo’s hometown had changed to Ada in the Greater Accra Area in a three-page letter sent to him on Tuesday, March 2, just a day before he returned to work after taking compulsorily leave on Wednesday, March 3.
He was also scheduled to retire on June 1, 2020, according to the board.
“Your date of birth was 1st June 1960 when you entered the scheme on 1st October 1978, according to documents completed and signed by you at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). According to the documents, you described yourself as Togolese and non-Ghanaian. That Agbatofe is your hometown. You completed and signed an SSNIT Change of Beneficiary Nomination form on October 25, 1992, specifying your nationality as a Ghanaian and your home town as Ada in the Greater Accra Region. “Your Ghanaian passport number A45800, released on February 28, 1996, shows your date of birth as June 1, 1961. The birthplace is identified as Kumasi, Ashanti Region,” according to the correspondence.
Mr. Domelevo’s reference to a Parish Priest and provision of his contact details for further verification of his date of birth is not admissible, according to the Commission.
“The answers and explanations found in your above reference letter pose more questions regarding your date of birth and Ghanaian nationality, and clearly confirms that you have made false claims in violation of the law.”
As a result, the Board insisted that Mr. Domelevo was due for compulsory retirement on June 1, 2020, and that he was a Togolese, not a Ghanaian.
“Records made available to the Board show that your date of retirement was 1st June 2020, and you are considered to have retired as far as the Audit Service is concerned,” it said.
“Let me discuss this issue of the birth certificate, that Professor, [Audit Service Board Chair] is talking about,” Mr Justice Abdullai said on the New Day show hosted by Johnnie Hughes on TV3 on Wednesday March 3. How many people on the board have a copy of their birth certificate dating back to the day they were born? “None.” Nobody can claim to have a single record proving their date of birth from the moment they were born because it either did not exist or their parents did not hold it.
“Everything about their date of birth, and I assume that, with the exception of those born in the 1990s, the majority of Ghanaians will be able to produce a respectable birth certificate.”
“Everyone else before that, especially those born in the 1950s and 1960s and thereabouts, cannot boast of a genuine current certificate to evidence date of birth on the day he was born,” he continued. They don’t have anything.”
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SOURCE: 3NEWS.COM
