General News of Sunday, 3 June 2018Source: 3news.comI never received bribe to award ‘Ghana Card’ contract – Prof AttafuahProf. Ken Attafuah says he's never taken bribeActing Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) Professor Ken Attafuah has denied claims by Kennedy Agyapong that he was bribed to award the country’s identification card project contract to Margins Group. Mr. Agyapong on Tuesday impugned the integrity of Prof. Attafuah claiming the latter received huge bribe in the form of lands from the owner of the company that won the National Identification System (NIS) Project, the contract, which has stoked controversy“Margins gave Attafuah lands. Yes, Martins gave him lands before he gave also gave in. Prof. Attafuah explained that he and his wife bought the land in question from one Moses Baiden who was introduced to them by one Stephen Ntim, a mutual friend. Prof. Attafuah said he acted “with utmost integrity and professionalism” and served the best interests of Ghana with his best intellect as acting Executive Secretary of the NIA.

Source: GhanaWeb June 03, 2018 21:10 UTC