Sentences with phrase «to protect the public purse»

The findings were revealed in a highly critical report called Protecting the Public Purse, which says councils are not doing nearly enough to tackle fraud.

In order to protect the public purse by ensuring maximum gains through economies of scale, the Ministry of Education, CHASS and the office of the Minister of State In Charge of Public Procurement, agreed to undertake procurement at these levels;

Having led the West African country of Ghana for only 16 months after a campaign that rode on the promise of protecting the public purse for the sake of the ordinary citizen, this news in the real estate market of London send many a tongue wagging dejavu.

The Minister called on all citizens to help protect the public purse as Government commits to bringing «Ghana beyond Aid»

It will enable Parliament to help in the fight against corruption and thereby protect the public purse.

STRANEK will therefore want to urge President Akufo Addo to revert to his values of efficiency and his promise to protect the public purse so that revenues are adequately channelled towards productive use instead of creating jobs for an ever - growing list of government appointees.

Someone is involved in corruption, the laws are there, the institutional frameworks are there and the courts are there, but once a politician, public servant or anybody else who is supposed to protect the public purse engages in corruption, our attitude towards dealing with it has not been good,» he stated.

«Protecting the public purse implies among others avoiding a large and unwieldy government that becomes a drain on the state resources.

«We wish to state plainly that what the president has done is far from protecting the public purse.

«We are just suspending the project to make way for a comprehensive audit which will give us a clearer picture because we need to protect the public purse especially money coming from the sweat of modest cocoa farmers,» he said.

«I shall protect the public purse by ensuring value for money... We will provide vision and direction and shine the light for our entrepreneurs.»

We have been told by the government propagandists that the appointment of this humongous number of ministers is a way of protecting the public purse.

President Akufo - Addo has said his government is working tirelessly to protect the public purse as he promised prior to election 2016.

The Prophet says it makes no financial sense for a government who promised to protect the public purse, to spend such an amount on a 60th anniversary.

On the commitments made to protect the public purse, Mr Akufo - Addo stressed that his government is «bringing back competitive tendering for all transactions in the public sector.

It is that competence, coupled with integrity in the conduct of public transactions, ensuring value - for - money, protecting the public purse, that are going to bring the dream of a happy and prosperous Ghana, a Ghana Beyond Aid, quickly within our grasp.

President Akufo Addo promised he will not shield corrupt appointees under his watch, and that he will protect the public purse, this is a test case for the president to cause investigations into the matter by the appropriate body and to allow the perpetrators put before the law court.

The move, according to the ministry, was to protect the public purse by plugging all leakages in the system.

«Contrary to the NPP's promises to protect the public purse; president Akufo - Addo has done exactly the opposite.»

Mr Amidu noted his deepest desire is to setup an office which will eradicate corruption in Ghana, and protect the public purse.

The Chinese Government has applauded President Nana Akufo - Addo and the Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, for what it says is their commitment to protecting the public purse.

President Akufo - Addo was widely criticized for appointing 110 ministers and deputies, the largest by any government in the history of this country, although he (Akufo Addo) campaigned and won power on the pledge of «protecting the public purse».

Conciliation and arbitration processes were included but further safeguards, presumably intended to protect the public purse, allowed a position where the Government of the day, through the Home Secretary, could overule the decisions of the arbiters.

The NDC chairman said the size of the government was inconsistent with Akufo - Addo pledge to protect the public purse.

Second, the appointments betray inadequate sensitivity to the weak fiscal condition of the country today, as it flies in the face of the President's promise to protect the public purse.

What is clear and certain is that, a smaller government is a cost saving measure that signals a high level of discipline and focus of a government that wants to protect the public purse.

The release issued on Thursday March 16, 2017, said «appointments betray inadequate sensitivity to the weak fiscal condition of the country today, as it flies in the face of the President's promise to protect the public purse.»

It is difficult to see how appointing such a large number of ministers, who will all be on ministerial salaries and benefits, can possibly amount to the promise of protecting the public purse.

Among other things, he said his government has been managing things differently in order to protect the public purse and ensure value for money in all of its activities.

Speaking at a Media Encounter on Wednesday as part of his one - year stay in office at the Flagstaff House, the President said his government is working tirelessly to protect the public purse as he promised prior to election 2016.

«When the president was giving his inaugural speech, he promised to protect the public purse but the fact is that 110 ministers will put great pressure on the public purse.

With the greatest of Honor, If you find anything wrong be it Corruption or Misappropriation and Mismanagement, kindly be frontal and deal with it in Court; after all you pledged to protect the Public Purse or?

What this means is that, Government Communicators can only serve the interests of the citizenry by putting out truthful and relevant information when it comes to protecting the public purse.

«In order to protect the public purse by ensuring maximum gains through economies of scale, the Ministry of Education, Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) and the Office of the Minister of State in Charge of Public Procurement agreed to undertake procurement at these levels; i. Centralised Procurement ii.

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has urged new members of 7th parliament to work diligently to protect the public purse.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has been asked to publicly concede that he deceived Ghanaians, when he promised that his government will protect the public purse.

«Is it not ironic that the president who has promised to protect the public purse, has done nothing but just wasting the public purse?»

This kind of casual attitude to spending taxpayers» cash undermines faith in the public sector and is yet more evidence of how under Labour the Audit Commission forgot that its job was to protect the public purse.»

Corruption is not a partisan matter, and we must all act to protect the public purse.

«Continuing such arrangements in this knowledge knowingly exposes the council to expensive claims that it will ultimately lose and would be an inappropriate approach to the council's fiduciary obligation to protect the public purse.»

Officeholders supposedly represent their constituencies and protect the public purse.

SLC is committed to protecting the public purse and recovering every penny of taxpayer monies owed.»

But do codes of professional conduct capture the legal ethics needed to protect the public purse?