The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has criticized the out-going Mahama government’s decision to sign an e-waste contract, days after it lost the general elections. According to the GII, it would have been prudent for the National Democratic Congress government to have allowed such new contracts to be handled by the new government. The Minister for Environment, … Read more
The outgoing National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will discharge its duties perfectly including awarding last minute contracts if it deems fit until it finally hands over power to the New Patriotic Party in January 2017. This according to the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga is because “we are the sitting government … Read more
The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga has defended the government’s decision to sign a new waste management contract worth €18 million days after his party’s defeat in the December 7 polls. According to the outgoing Minister, he took the decision because it was duly forwarded to the Public Procurement Authority for … Read more
Out-going Environment, Science and Technology minister Mahama Ayariga has defended the signing of an €18m waste management contract days after the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost the 2016 general elections. Mahama Ayariga said the move is not to hinder the NPP government but rather help the incoming government to management e-waste. His reaction follows … Read more
The exiting Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has approved a controversial €18 million waste management contract at a time the government’s tenure is coming to an end. The single source procurement was approved just last Thursday, December 15, by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) at the request of Mahama Ayariga, Minister of Environment, Science … Read more
The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), under the Office of the President, has been embroiled in a fresh corruption scandal. MASLOC, which is a microfinance apex body responsible for implementing the government’s pro-poor credit scheme, recently awarded a contract for the supply of 1,000 motor tricycles to the tune of a whopping GH¢10,000,000.00. It … Read more
Documents available to the Daily Statesman indicate that the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government is engaged in a last minute unusual evil plan of naked looting of the national coffers, ostensibly to further its vote buying agenda. The paper can report that the governing NDC, knowing its time is up, has rushed to the Public … Read more
It is turning out that the contract awarded to Aero Vote by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the printing of the Statement of Polls and Declaration of Results Forms popularly called Pink Sheets appeared inflated. Some local companies were said to be willing to execute the same contract for less but the EC ignored them … Read more
A founding member of pressure group, OccupyGroup, says the Smarttys bus branding scandal that broke early this year is a unique example of an institutional corruption. Sydney Casely-Hayford says even though the money involved in the deal, when compared to other government deals is small, the revelations since scandal broke is telling of the extent … Read more
A water and sanitation expert, Patrick Apoya, has cautioned the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), against spearheading a planned project to construct 500 boreholes in various parts of the country. According to him, the Commission’s mandate does not include undertaking such projects but rather supervising them. The PURC has been accused by the opposition New … Read more
Government has attempted to clear the air on the controversial PURC boreholes contract… The NPP’s allegation that government blew about GHc30 million on some 500 boreholes in the country, has turned out to be true. However, government has defended its decision to spend the whopping amount on just boreholes. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), … Read more
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has defended its decision to spend about GHc30 million in constructing 500 boreholes in selected communities across the country. According to the Director of Public Affairs for the PURC, Nana Yaa Gyantuah, the projects which are yet to commence, are “integrated water systems” saying the cost of such projects … Read more
The Danquah Institute, a public policy research centre, has painstakingly undertaken due diligence on a number of public procurement contracts awarded on either sole sourcing or restrictive tender basis since 2010, involving over GH¢12 billion (US$2.96 billion in nominal terms). Our findings suggest that an estimated 65% savings could have been made if those deals … Read more
The Danquah Institute, a public policy research centre, has said at least $1.93 billion is being lost through non-competitive tendering. The pro-opposition outfit said it has been investigating “public procurement contracts awarded on either sole sourcing or restrictive tender basis since 2010, involving over GH¢12 billion (US$2.96 billion in nominal terms).” “Our findings suggest that … Read more
Deputy Minister for Finance, Ms Mona Quartey has underscored the importance of an efficient and transparent procurement system in ensuring the achievement of Ghana’s pursuits in economic development. The Deputy Minister said various surveys and studies had attributed the failure of procurement systems to achieve good value for money and economic growth within Sub-Saharan Africa … Read more
The Ministry of Trade and Industry is considering enacting legislation that will make it mandatory for public institutions to procure made-in-Ghana goods and services. The move is to ensure that public institutions do not procure foreign goods when there are Made-in-Ghana goods and services over which the country has a competitive advantage in production. The … Read more
The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has appealed to government to expedite action on the Cabinet memorandum for the approval of the public private partnership process that will assist it to own a permanent office. According to Samuel Sallas Mensah, Chief Executive of PPA, since his assumption of office, efforts have been made to secure a … Read more
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), has revealed plans to merge the Ghana Supply Commission, and the Ghana National Procurement Authority into one National Procurement Company (NPC). This is expected to give greater teeth to the enforcement of the recently launched Made-in-Ghana Policy, which has instructed all public institutions to procure made-in-Ghana goods and … Read more
Kan-Dapaah offers the best advice on BoG gold-watch scandal He is a certified chartered accountant and business savvy, and so Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah began by asking the sort of intelligent questions that most of our politicians and government business executives ought to be asking, which regards the question of why, in spite of the establishment … Read more
He is a certified chartered accountant and business savvy, and so Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah began by asking the sort of intelligent questions that most of our politicians and government business executives ought to be asking, which regards the question of why, in spite of the establishment of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) to reduce the … Read more