The Chairman of the Audit Service Board, Professor Edward Dua Agyeman,has threatened to "take legal action" against the General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia for defamation.

Dua Agyeman believes his image has been tarnished by the General Secretary, who tagged  him as "corrupt" at a media conference on Tuesday in Accra

Mr Asiedu Nketsia said Dua Agyeman lacked integrity, accusing him of forgery.

Responding to the allegations, Professor Dua Agyeman told Starr News he will haul Mr. Nketia to court for tarnishing his reputation.

He, however, did not say when exactly the process will commence.

“I have already responded to some of these things. I am going to take legal action against Asiedu Nketia for what he said. That’s it,” he told Starr News’ Ibrahim Alhassan.

Mr Asiedu Nketia was responding to to the forensic audit that uncovered some procurement irregularities amounting to a whopping US$137,861,127.15 at Ghana National Gas Company.

“Dua Agyeman, who in 1983 was banned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana from practicing accounting and auditing in Ghana, for forging an audit report for a private firm whose account he has neither seen or audit,"he said .

“The person who has been appointed by Nana Akufo-Addo to chair the audit service board and who is being asked to recruit these private firms in the name of cabinet committee secretary, that’s his record.

“He’s the person who has now been recycled to chair the audit service board by Nana Akufo-Addo to fight corruption,”he added:

Source: ghanaguardian.com