Business News of Wednesday, 29 September 2021Source: classfmonline.comThe Chairman of the newly inaugurated Board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, has promised to end "shortcuts" in procurement at the ministries, departments and agencies of the state. Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi said for the public purse to be truly protected, procurement irregularities needed to be weeded out. "We are going to work with the law and all the shortcuts in procurement will be done away with to assist the President and his government in ensuring that the public purse is indeed protected," Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi said. According to Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi, a former Education Minister in the erstwhile John Agyekum Kufuor-led government, issues of procurement remain sensitive to the Ghanaian hence the need to treat same with diligence to give the citizenry value for money. The government, he said, expects the Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi chaired Board to "be one which continuously strives for innovation and sustainability in the conduct of procurement through electronic systems to ensure greater transparency, accountability and value for money".

Source: GhanaWeb September 28, 2021 17:37 UTC