The Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, Dr. James Klutse Avedzi says the practice of writing to the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President to dispose of assets is wrong in law.

It has become a practice where state institutions that want to auction cars and other assets write to the Chief of Staff for authorisation.

Speaking at its sitting on Wednesday, Dr. Avedzi warned that although the practice had become the norm, there is no law that backs such a practice.

“You don’t need to write to the Chief of Staff, it is for you to set up a board of survey and they will come up with a report. Then you follow that to dispose of it, why do you write to the Chief of Staff? It is the wrong thing we have been doing over the years,” he said.

He, therefore, called on public servants to put an end to such practice.

“PAC has recommended to Parliament which has been approved but the executive has never implemented that decision,” he complained.

A member of the committee and MP for South Dayi, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor who has a case on this matter before the courts, also declared the practice as illegal.

He noted that although the court is yet to rule on the matter, he believes that pursuant to Act 663, as amended by Act 914, the Chief of Staff has no place in the scheme of any disposal of assets.