[ 2021-03-04 ]

Lawyer fires Audit Service board over Domelevo’s DoB issues
A private legal practitioner Mr Justice Abdullai
has taken a swipe at the board of the Audit
Service for their claims on the date of birth of
the Auditor General Mr Daniel Domelevo.

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His comment comes after the Board alleged that
records at the Social Security and National
Insurance Trust (SSNIT) provided by the Mr
Domelevo indicated that his date of birth was 1960
when he joined the scheme on October 1, 1978.



The Board said again that the record also showed
that the hometown of Mr. Domelevo is Agbetofe in
Togo; making him non-Ghanaian but on October 25,
1993, some changes were made.

While the date of birth changed to June 1, 1961,
the hometown of the Auditor-General was now Ada in
the Greater Accra Region, the board claim in a
three-page letter addressed to Mr. Domelevo on
Tuesday March 2, just a day before he resumed work
after proceeding on compulsorily leave, on
Wedenesday March 3.

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The board further noted that he was due for
retirement on June 1, 2020.

“Records at the Social Security and National
Insurance Trust (SSNIT) completed and signed by
you indicate your date of birth as 1st June 1960
when you joined the scheme on 1st October 1978.
The records show that you stated your tribe as
Togolese and a non-Ghanaian. That your home town
is Agbatofe.



“On 25th October 1992, you completed and signed
a SSNIT Change of Beneficiary Nomination form,
stating your nationality as a Ghanaian and your
home town as Ada in the Greater Accra Region.

“The date of birth on your Ghanaian passport
number A45800, issued on 28th February 1996 is 1st
June 1961. That place of birth is stated as
Kumasi, Ashanti Region,” the correspondence
stated.

The Board said Mr. Domelevo’s reference to a
Parish Priest and provision of his contact for
further verification of his date of birth is not
admissible.

“Observation of your responses and explanations
contained in your above reference letter make your
date of birth and Ghanaian nationality even more
doubtful and clearly establishes that you have
made false statements contrary to law.”



The Board consequently insisted that Mr. Domelevo
was due for compulsory retirement on June 1, 2020,
and was in fact not a Ghanaian but a Togolese.

“Records made available to the Board indicate
that your date of retirement was 1st June 2020 and
as far as the Audit Service is concerned you are
deemed to have retired,” it noted.

Commenting on this development on the New Day show
hosted by Johnnie Hughes on TV3 Wednesday March 3,
Mr Justice Abdullai said “Let me address this
issue of the birth certificate, that Professor,
[Audit Service Board Chair] is talking about. How
many of the entire board have their birth
certificate from the day that they were born?
None.

“Nobody can boast of even a single document
evidencing their date of birth from the day they
were born because it didn’t exist or because
their parents didn’t keep it.



“Everything about their date of birth and I
believe the majority of Ghanaians apart from those
born in the 90s, will probably be able to produce
a decent birth certificate.”

He added “Everyone else prior to that cannot
boasts of genuine current certificate to evidence
date of birth on the day he was born particular
those born in the 50s and 60s and thereabout.
They don’t have.”

Source - 3 News

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