Former Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has disclosed that he was convinced by Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Opoku Prempeh, to accept John Mahama’s appointment to assume that position.
According to Mr. Domelevo, he was skeptical about the position considering the comments on the airwaves that followed his appointment.
He explained people assumed he was given the position by John Mahama because he lost the 2016 elections, so he could frustrate then incoming President, Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The man who was then working with the World Bank said he flew back to his station in Malawi where he received a phone call from his close friend, Dr. Opoku Prempeh, who is also known as ‘Napo’.
Speaking on Maakye on Onua TV Monday, April 1, 2024, Mr. Domelevo said he expressed his skepticism to Napo who assured him of the incoming government’s readiness to work with him.
He added that the Energy Minister, Dr. Opoku Prempeh, called him on phone once again and handed him over to then President-elect Akufo-Addo, who congratulated him and assured him of his preparedness to work with him, adding that he has heard of his competence.
He told host Captain Smart that he arrived in Ghana to be sworn-in by then outgoing President, John Dramani Mahama after those assurances from his friend, Dr. Opoku Prempeh, and Mr. Akufo-Addo, the President-elect.
Mr. Domelevo also disclosed that he returned to Malawi to officially inform his superiors at the World Bank about his appointment before resigning from his role officially.
Daniel Yaw Domelevo is an accountant who currently serves as a Board member of the Global Fund. He is a former Auditor-General of Ghana. He was appointed by John Dramani Mahama in 2016 to replace Richard Quartei Quartey who had retired from public service.
But President Akufo-Addo ousted him from office citing some reasons which the Supreme Court later found unfounded.
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