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Auditor-General apologizes to Kpodo over erroneous GH¢427m payroll fraud claim
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Ghana's Audit Service has issued an apology to Frank Oliver Kpodo, former Procurement Director at the Ministry of Defence, after mistakenly linking him to a GH¢427 million payroll fraud case. The error originated from findings in the Auditor-General’s Nationwide Payroll Audit, covering January 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, which incorrectly cited Kpodo. The Audit Service clarified on April 21, 2026, that the GH¢427,995,661.40 figure was a "transpositional error" and actually pertained to the Ministry of Education, involving 3,476 unaccounted staff. Kpodo, now Director of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, had previously appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on March 31, 2026, for separate allegations concerning falsified documents in a GH¢4.8 million deal. He had denied the payroll fraud allegations, stating his salaries were processed correctly and he was unaware of any irregularities.
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