General News of Wednesday, 3 October 2018Source: todaygh.comNDC accuses government of blowing $60Mplay videoGeneral Secretary of NDC, Johnson Asiedu NketiaThe opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday accused the Akufo-Addo administration of blowing over $6million on private investigations aimed at nailing appointees in the defunct Mahama government. According to the NDC, the investigations being done by private investigators at a staggering cost to the state were being done simultaneously with other state agencies like the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). The opposition NDC’s accusation follows the uncovering of some procurement irregularities amounting to about US$137,861,127.15 at the Ghana National Gas Company during the erstwhile administration of John Mahama by a private firm, Morrison and Associates. The report, which has been submitted to President Akufo-Addo and his cabinet, also detected procurement breaches worth US$34,451,650.22 and US$42,351,110.17 in contracts with Memphis Metropolitan Limited and Kingspok Company Limited respectively. The report, which covered the board chairmanship tenure of Dr Kwesi Botchwey, also has it that equipment for the helicopters worth $5,958,366.76 “were not delivered even though it was part of the contract price.”A former member of the Ghana National Gas Company board, Dr Valerie Sawyerr, has since challenged report of the forensic audit describing it as shoddy.

Source: GhanaWeb October 03, 2018 09:36 UTC