General News of Tuesday, 2 April 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comGovernment saves GHC 1.9bn from fighting procurement ‘fraud’play videoAgyenim Boateng Adjei, CEO of the Public Procurement AuthorityChief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority, Agyenim Boateng Adjei has announced that within the period April 2017 and December 2018, its outfit has saved the economy monies to the tune of GHC1.9 billion. “In 2016, the total number of sole source amount to 622, and 597 were approved, 25 rejected. Total number of applications for 2016, 1,214, total number approved 1,184, rejected 30. So total number of applications of sole source and restrictive tendering, was 792, for 2017, total number approved 410, and total number rejected 382. He urged government and the finance Ministry to allocate some funds for the Procurement Authority as this will go a long way to help facilitate their work.

Source: GhanaWeb April 02, 2019 17:09 UTC