Auditor-General has no powers to surcharge Zoomlion - Supreme Court rules
The full judgement of the court would be made available on December 4
Jonas Danquah 
The Supreme Court has delivered a judgement in favour of a waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, which was surcharged by the Auditor-General to refund GH¢184 million to the state.
The Apex court ruled that the Auditor-General has no powers to surcharge waste m Zoomlion.
In a unanimous decision Thursday morning [December 3, 2020], a seven-member panel of the apex court held that the powers of the Auditor-General to surcharge could not be extended to Zoomlion Ghana Limited, which had been slapped with an GH¢184 million surcharge by the Auditor-General.
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Delivering the verdict, Justice Jones Dotse said;
“Due to the peculiar facts of the case, the respondent is not liable to the powers of the Auditor-General,” the court said.
The court did not give reasons for this decision but has directed that the court of appeal rule based on the apex court’s decision.
The full judgement of the court would be made available on December 4, 2020.
