Dr. George Ben Crentsil, a former Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has been cited by the 2020 report of the Auditor General’s Department for taking double salary for six years, while he was working at the institution.
According to the report, Dr. Crentsil received double salary-related allowances between January 2011 and January 2017 to the tune of GHS342,068.70.
The report tasked the management of the Authority to retrieve the money from Dr.Crentsil and report back to the them for verification.
“Dr. George Ben Crentsil, the former Executive Director, was paid double salary-related allowances of GHS342,068.70 by the Authority from January 2011 to January 2017. We recommend to management to take the necessary steps to recover GHS342,068.70 wrongly paid to Dr. George Ben Crentsil, the former Executive Director and our office informed for verification”.
In 2018, Dr. Crentsil was reported to have misappropriated about GHS1.6 million as well as received payments in excess of a million dollars in kickbacks allegedly collected from Lemet Construction Company, the firm that he awarded a contract to build a new training school and hostel facility for the GSA amid his tenure at the GSA.