A GHOST is said to be among the recipients of judgment debts doled out by the Mills Administration, with the dead man reportedly receiving an amount of GH�525,600 (�5.256 billion).
Nene Ogbe Assumeng II was captured by the 2010 Auditor-General�s report as the recipient of the money as compensation for land acquired by the state for the Asutuare Sugar factory.
However, Nene Assumeng apparently died over six years ago, raising eyebrows as to the actual recipient of the money when the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sat yesterday.
Felix Dokutse-Peteye Abbey, a nephew of the late chief, told the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament that his uncle died about �six to seven years ago� and he could not have received the money in 2010.
Incidentally, another family had been paid a total amount of GH�2million as compensation for the portion of the state acquired land.
The PAC is currently probing circumstances that led to the liability incurred by the state, which had been captured in the Auditor-General�s Report on Public Accounts for the year 2010.
According to Mr. Abbey, he was installed as the substantive head of the Ogbe Assumeng family after the death of his uncle, indicating he had no knowledge of the money.
One Peter Kornor had been named by the Auditor-General�s department as the lawyer who acted as the solicitor of the Assumeng family with regard to the said compensation.
Consequently, the Albert Kan-Dapaah chaired PAC suspended hearing on the issue to pave the way for more investigations to uncover the recipient of the cash.
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