President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Auditor-General, Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, to take his accumulated annual leave of 123) working days.
The decision, a release from the Presidency indicated, is based on section 20(1) and 31 of the Labour Act, 2003, which apply to all workers including public officers such as the Auditor-General.
According to the Act, a worker is entitled to annual leave with full pay in a calendar year of continuous service, which cannot be relinquished or forgone by the worker or the employer.
The release stressed that since his appointment as Auditor-General on 30th December 2016, Mr. Domelevo has taken only nine working days of his accumulated annual leave of 132 working days.
He has therefore been directed to hand over all matters relating to his office to Mr. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Deputy Auditor-General, to act as Auditor- General, until his return from his well-deserved leave.
Read a full text of the release below
PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO DIRECTS AUDITOR-GENERAI TO TAKE HIS ACCUMULATED ANNUAL LEAVE
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General, to take his accumulated annual leave of one hundred and twenty-three (123) working days, according to records available to the Presidency, with effect from Wednesday, July, 2020.
The President’s decision to direct Mr. Domelevo to take his accumulated annual leave is based on sections 20(1) and 31 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651), which apply to all workers, including public office holders such as the Auditor-General.
According to the Act, a worker is entitled to annual leave with full pay in a calendar year of continuous service, which cannot be relinquished or forgone by the worker or the employer.
Since his appointment as Auditor-General on 30m December 2016, Mr. Domelevo has taken only nine (9) working days of his accumulated annual leave of one hundred and thirty-two (132) working days.
It would be recalled that on 9th April, 2009, the 3rd President of the Republic, His Excellency the late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, directed the then Auditor-General, Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman, to take his accumulated annual leave of approximately two hundred and sixty-four (264) working days.
President Akufo-Addo paid attention to this precedent in directing the Auditor-General to take his accumulated annual leave of one hundred and twenty-three (123) working days.
The Auditor-General has been further directed to hand over all matters relating to his office to Mr. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Deputy Auditor-General, to act as Auditor- General, until his return from his well-deserved leave.
Eugene Arhin Director of Communications Office of the President
