ET's secretary destroys files

Two secretaries at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, including the secretary of the former Minister, according to the Ghanaian Chronicle, are being investigated for their alleged role in the destruction of several files at the Ministry.

The paper says it learnt on Monday that query notes have been fired to Ms Theresa Ayittey, at the ex-Minister's office, and another colleague by their superiors who are presently at sea as to deciphering the motive behind their action.

"Most of the files which contain several sensitive documents were deleted from the Ministry's computer pool before the inauguration of President Kufuor three weeks ago without any authorisation from their superiors."

Theresa described her action in her query as a routine procedure, which she explained was necessary in order to create more space on the memory component of the computer, the hard drive. Well-placed sources in the Ministry confirmed the story but stressed that meticulous investigations were being conducted to get to the roots of the case.

According to the source, the Ministry had not as yet come up with proof of any untoward act since it had not as yet checked which documents have been deleted.