tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70414428336972798182024-03-13T02:26:39.148+00:00NDC CORRUPTIONExposing and fighting corruption in the NDC and Ghana.Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.comBlogger444125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-51079543075463068582020-09-02T05:05:00.002+00:002020-09-02T05:05:49.140+00:00Agyapa deal susceptible to money laundering - Minority The Minority in Parliament has said the incorporation of Agyapa as an offshore company in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, a known tax haven, “is worrying”, adding: “Tax havens are generally known for their lack of transparency in matters of corporate governance such as disclosure of the beneficial ownership of the shares of companies”.At a press conference on Tuesday, 1 August 2020, Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-39646224526305443072020-09-02T04:59:00.002+00:002020-09-02T04:59:27.366+00:00Agyapa Royalties: 'State Capture' raises its ugly head once again! - Alex MouldThe Agyapa/Asaase agreement - selling Ghana’s Gold Royalties to investors through an SPV - has created a hullabaloo and rightfully so.It succeeded in muddying the waters and raises a number of legal and valuation questions.Firstly, it raises the important question as to whether Ghana Govt should be gambling by investing in a Fund, which will be managed by a Fund Manager with no reported fund Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-70521758632863560932020-09-02T04:56:00.006+00:002020-09-02T04:57:18.532+00:00Heated exchanges at PAC over GNPC allocations to Okyenhene, Rebecca Foundation, et al There has been some heated exchanges at the Public Accounts Committee(PAC) sittings on Tuesday, over the GNPC’s allocations to Okyehene, EOCO, Rebecca Foundation and others.During today’s sitting, Ningo Prampram MP, Sam George asked why board of GNPC had to directly approve over 5 million cedis to be paid to the above mentioned individuals and entities without routing it through the GNPC Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-71205905805166398162019-09-13T11:58:00.000+00:002019-09-13T11:58:07.800+00:00Massive corruption outbreak in Akufo-Addo’s government.
The list of corrupt cases involving appointees of the Akufo-Addo
government, is growing by the day, with the latest being the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Emmanuel
Sin-Nyet Asigri, caught in the procurement malpractices web.
He has since being sent packing from the NYA by the Chief of Staff,
Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, after a crunch meeting last Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-2268507491360145872019-09-13T11:54:00.002+00:002019-09-13T11:54:51.339+00:00Corruption under Akufo-Addo worst in Ghana's history' - Nyaho-Tamakloe Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has described as worrying, President
Akufo-Addo's posture towards allegations of corruption levelled against
his appointees and officials in his government.
According to the founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party
(NPP), corruption in the current administration is the worst in the
country’s history.
"The level of corruption under Akufo Addo's Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-13013771270013593912019-09-13T11:51:00.001+00:002019-09-13T11:51:38.606+00:00Corruption under Akufo-Addo no more a perception but a dreaded reality – Bernard MornarhConvener of the Coalition for National Sovereignty, Bernard Mornarh, has
lambasted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for not handling
corruption cases of his appointees properly.
According to him, the President’s approach to dealing with corruption
scandals exposed by well-meaning Ghanaians under his government has been
a laughable disaster of a pattern.
In his view, instead of Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-86843711835791376642017-10-08T11:42:00.000+00:002017-10-08T11:42:36.254+00:00AG releases bus branding documents to Occupy Ghana
The branded buses
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana has said it has received the investigative report covering the controversial GHc3.5 million bus rebranding deal executed by Smartty’s Management and Production Limited.
The group, after several efforts to retrieve the report failed, dragged the Attorney General to court to have their demands met.
A statement from Occupy Ghana said the Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-68224051655820766492017-10-08T11:31:00.004+00:002017-10-08T11:31:49.707+00:00We’II pursue AG for more on bus branding scandal – Occupy Ghana
Pressure Group Occupy Ghana, has said it will continue to put pressure on the Attorney General (AG ) until she releases all reports on the controversial Smartty’s bus branding scandal.
The AG submitted the investigative report on the scandal to the group on Monday following a court order.
Occupy Ghana further noted that the Attorney General had refused to release the report it Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-27718628092535177572017-10-08T11:24:00.000+00:002017-10-08T11:24:03.390+00:00Gov’t must come clean on bus branding scandal – AFAG
The buses are embossed with pictures of Ghana's incumbent President and Ex Presidents both alive and dead.
Pro-opposition pressure group Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), has charged government to set the records straight on the murky GHC 3.6 million bus re-branding scandal.
Although the group in a statement commended government’s “swift action” to retrieve part of the money,Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-7574092279395965362017-10-08T11:15:00.001+00:002017-10-08T11:15:13.469+00:00Ghc3.6m bus branding cash refunded – PIAC
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has disclosed that proceeds from Ghana’ s petroleum revenue which were used to re-brand 116 Metro Mass Transport Buses in 2015, have been refunded in full to the public coffers.
According to the Chairman of PIAC, Professor Paul Kingsley Buah-Bassuah, an amount of GHC3.65 million, approximately 9 percent of transport sector Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-49470805617474677002017-10-08T11:06:00.002+00:002017-10-08T11:06:38.256+00:00Mahama accepts Dzifa Attivor’s resignation as Transport Minister
President Mahama is convinced he will win a second term come November 7.
President John Dramani has accepted the resignation of Dzifa Attivor as Transport Minister.
A two-paragraph statement from the Flagstaff House Wednesday evening said, “President John Mahama has accepted the resignation of Mrs. Dzifa Aku Attivor as Minister for Transport.”
“Her resignation follows concerns raisedGhana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-64967603986906510052017-10-08T11:03:00.003+00:002017-10-08T11:03:36.565+00:00MMT bus re-branding could have cost under GHc1 million
An Accra-based advertiser, Casey Amese, believes government massively overpaid for the re-branding of the 116 buses per his professional opinion.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday, Mr Amese said the re-branding of the 116 buses could have cost only GHc928,000 instead of the GHc3,649,044 paid by government to the Smarttys Management and Production.
A pro-forma invoice Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-7585052722580097372017-10-08T10:59:00.003+00:002017-10-08T10:59:52.853+00:00Transport Minister resigns over bus branding scandal
The Minister of Transport Dzifa Attivor, has resigned over the bus re-branding saga.
Government’s decision to spend a whopping GHC 3.6 million on re-branding 116 buses, has angered many Ghanaians, with the majority questioning how that outrageous expenditure could be approved under the watch of the President.
Her resignation comes barely a day after a report was presented to the Chief Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-5781715911877950102017-10-08T10:56:00.002+00:002017-10-08T10:56:22.822+00:00Bus rebranding saga: Smartty’s ordered to return GHC 1.9 m
The Chief of Staff, Mr. Julius Debrah has asked the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to recover from Messrs Smartty’s Management Limited, a total of GHC 1.9 million.
He gave the directive after receiving the Attorney General’s report on the spraying and branding of 116 new buses procured for the Metro Mass Transport Company Limited.
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Joe Osei Owusu
The Minority spokesperson on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Joe Osei Owusu, has described the decision by Government to review the amount of money to be returned by Smartty’s, for the controversial bus branding deal, from GHc1.9 million to GHc1.5 million, as another attempt to cover up rot.
The Attorney General, Marrietta Brew Oppong, has confirmed that the totalGhana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-37058632208335839362017-10-08T10:50:00.002+00:002017-10-08T10:50:28.039+00:00Revealed: Stickers per re-branded bus cost Ghc11, 000
The buses are embossed with pictures of Ghana's incumbent President and Ex Presidents both alive and dead.
A detailed pro-forma invoice for the re-branding of the 116 Metro Mass Transit Buses, available to citifmonline.com, has revealed that stickers on each bus cost Ghc11, 000.
The pro-forma invoice dated 17th July 2015, and signed by the Accounts Officer of Smarttys Management Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-14495614955300698842017-10-08T10:47:00.003+00:002017-10-08T10:52:32.664+00:00Minority leader fumes over Ghc3.6m re-branded buses
The buses are embossed with pictures of Ghana's incumbent President and Ex Presidents both alive and dead.
Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has kicked against the Transport Ministry’s decision to expend an amount of Ghc3.6 million to re-brand 116 metro mass transit buses.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-49001555393082939342017-10-08T10:45:00.002+00:002017-10-08T10:45:13.893+00:00Gov’t blows GHC 3.6m on rebranding 116 buses
The buses are embossed with pictures of Ghana's incumbent President and Ex Presidents both alive and dead.
Government has spent about GHC 3,649,044 on rebranding 116 buses for the Metro Mass Rapid Transit (MMRT) imported to improve the transport system in the country.
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu who made the revelation said re-branding for each of the Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-30298574860895093612017-10-08T10:42:00.005+00:002017-10-08T10:42:58.381+00:00Ghana’s oil cash funded Ghc3.6m bus re-branding
Ghana's Finance Minister, Seth Terkper
The amount of Ghc3, 649, 000 that was used to re-brand 116 buses belonging to the Metro Mass Transit (MMT), was money from Ghana’s petroleum revenue.
This is according to the 2015 report by the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) which monitors the use of the country’s oil revenue.
According to Ghana’s Petroleum Revenue Management ActGhana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-75266781875681567572017-10-08T10:39:00.000+00:002017-10-08T10:39:05.356+00:00A-Plus’ corruption claims baseless – Deputy Chief of Staff
A-Plus
A Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye has rejected corruption accusations made against him and his other colleague, Abu Jinapor by musician A-Plus.
A-Plus while commenting on Facebook on President Akufo-Addo’s achievement so far said some of his officials are very “corrupt.”
He in the post also took on Mr. Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor describing them as not only Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-65462219532426740762017-10-08T10:36:00.003+00:002017-10-08T10:36:53.418+00:00Bus branding: More gov’t officials let off the hook – Report
The branded buses
A leaked highly confidential government document available to Citi News, suggests that Ghana’s presidency has been rather lenient in its handling of the bus branding scandal, which led to some 1.9 million Ghana cedis loss to the state due to an over-payment.
Pieces of official evidence seen by Citi News show that state officials of both Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-15087006218531479362017-10-08T10:33:00.002+00:002017-10-08T10:33:23.277+00:00Bus branding deal signed before procurement process began
CEO of Smarttys Management Limited, Selassie Ibrahim.
Before any government contract is awarded, it is expected to go through procurement processes including the selection of a suitable contractor to execute the project. But a highly confidential leaked government document available to Citi News shows that such was not the case in the bus branding deal.
The documentGhana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-36333673036801184892017-10-08T10:25:00.003+00:002017-10-08T10:25:56.946+00:00NDC gov’t spent GHc317m oil cash on capacity building
While lack of expertise continue to hinder Ghanaian companies from exploring opportunities in the oil and gas sector, government splashed a whopping GH¢317 million (GH¢317,109,617) on capacity-building between 2011 and 2016.
Despite this colossal amount, Ghana continues to grapple with skilled technical labour – giving room for expatriates to snap lucrative jobs in the sector.
Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-58322258201819490352017-10-08T10:05:00.001+00:002017-10-08T10:05:28.846+00:00Former MASLOC CEO ready to meet EOCO – Lawyers
Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu - Former CEO, MASLOC
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, is ready to attend upon the Economic and Organized Crime Organization (EOCO) in what appears to be an investigation into her tenure at the center, her lawyers have said.
They said although EOCO has not stated Ghana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041442833697279818.post-9578937292022846712017-10-08T09:56:00.001+00:002017-10-08T09:58:49.515+00:00AG reviewing ‘inflated’ MASLOC car deal – Afia Akoto
Maame Afia Akoto
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Maame Afia Akoto, has revealed that her outfit has asked the Attorney General (AG) to review the deal involving the purchase of 350 vehicles under the previous administration.
According to her, checks had revealed that the cars which were being sold for $9, 000 in the showroomsGhana Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16548470991025400281noreply@blogger.com0