The Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, has indicated he would disregard any directive from the Audit Service Board asking him (Domelevo) to account for some $4,020 imprest paid on to him on foreign travel.

Mr Domelevo said he will not heed to the directive because the Audit Service Board's tenure has expired.

Mr Domelevo, who was forced to go on leave, in a letter dated December 2nd, addressed Prof. Dua Agyeman as the ‘former Audit Service Board Chair’ and reminded him that his board expired 52 days ago.

The letter, per an article by theghanareport, was in response to Prof.Dua Agyeman’s earlier letter to him, asking him to account for $4,020 imprest paid to Daniel Domelevo on his travel to London and Hague in March and April 2018.

According to Prof. Dua Agyeman’s letter, an audit report into the travel expenses of the Auditor-General had shown that Daniel Domelevo had not retired that accountable imprest.

But less than 72 hours after the Board chair’s directive, Daniel Domelevo responded explaining that “not even a pesewa is outstanding against me for any advance or imprest that I took on my foreign travels.”

Mr Daniel Domelevo also warned the Board chair that his directive could be in contempt of court because he has challenged the authority of the Board to commissioned a private firm to audit the Auditor-General.

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“I will like to remind you that as to the question of whether or not the audit is even legal is before the Supreme Court for determination and for which reason your request is clearly contemptuous of the Court”

Mr Domelevo also challenged the authority of the Board chair to be issuing directives to him when his Board expired on October 11th, 2020, and reminded him of Section 5 of the Audit Service Board Act.

Mr Domelevo added that “until you provide evidence of your reappointment in accordance with 189(1) and section 5 (1) of Act 584, I deem you to be acting ultra vires and will treat you as such”, he signed off the letter dated December 2".