The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed officers at the Donkorkrom District Education Office to recover over GH¢17,000 in physically challenged allowance wrongly paid to an able-bodied teacher.

The teacher, Stephen Akomeah, a Senior Superintendent II at the Adeemmra R/C Primary School, was cited in the 2024 Auditor-General’s Report as an able-bodied person who nonetheless received Physically Challenged Transport Allowances between June 2021 and May 2024, amounting to GH¢17,703.28.

Although the Auditor-General recommended that the District Director of Education recover the unearned allowance, together with interest at the prevailing Bank of Ghana rate, and pay it into the Auditor-General’s Recoveries Account at the Bank of Ghana, the funds are yet to be retrieved.

When officials from the Donkorkrom GES appeared before PAC on Friday, August 22, 2025, they were unable to explain how Akomeah was classified as physically challenged and subsequently benefited from the allowance.

After a heated exchange, the Chairperson of the Committee, Abena Osei-Asare, directed the District Director of Education to recover the full amount with interest within 30 days or risk personally refunding the money.