Streamline Work of Various Investigative Institutions

Executive Director of IDEG Dr Emmanuel Akwetey said it is time President Nana Akufo-Addo streamlines the work of the various investigative institutions. He said the President should issue a decree to that effect Minister has no business investigating any issue to do with corruption in public office. Contributing to the discussion on the recent scandals … Read more

Use State Institutions To Investigate NCA, GSA Scandals

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adenta says it’s time the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) are engaged to investigate the recent scandals at two state institutions. Yaw Buabeng Asamoah says to avoid any doubt regarding the scandals at the National Communications Authority (NCA) and Ghana Standard Authority (GSA), … Read more

Parliament To Probe Bribery Claim At Ghana Standard Authority

Parliament’s Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee says it will investigate the bribery allegations against a former Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority. The Committee said it will interrogate the relevant people in connection with the $1.2 million kickback allegedly received by Dr George Crentsil from a contractor. Committee Chairman, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover told Adom … Read more

GSA Kickback Report Embarrassing; Crentsil Must Confess

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Standards Authority has described as “shameful and embarrassing,” findings of an investigative committee claiming that the immediate past Executive Director of the Authority received kickbacks from a contractor. Mr. Amponsah Bediako, told Joy News Editor Dzifa Bampoh on Top Story, they had been “suspicious” of Dr George Crentsil … Read more

Former Standards Authority Director Cited In $1.2m Kickback Scandal

Joy News has intercepted an investigative report which alleges that former Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority Dr George Crentsil received a $1.2million kickback from a contractor. Lemet Construction Company is said to have worked on a new block of the Standards Authority Training School at a cost in excess of GHC15 million. The … Read more