Auditor-General’s Office Apologizes for Payroll Report Error, Clears Frank Oliver Kpodo of GH¢428 Million Allegation

The Auditor-General’s Office has clarified a major error in its nationwide payroll audit report, which had wrongly attributed GH¢427,995,661.40 in unearned salaries to a single public servant, Frank Oliver Kpodo. The Office explained that this amount was not received by Mr. Kpodo but was actually linked to payroll irregularities involving 3,476 unaccounted staff under the Ministry of Education. The mistake was due to a transpositional error, and the Office has issued an apology to Mr. Kpodo for…