The Controller and Accountant General Department is reported to be readying to make a payment which will further entrench some irregularities at the Northern Development Authority (NDA) next week. The Department is set to pay some ¢5 million to the NDA in a deal currently at the office of the Chief of Staff for alleged […]
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Woes of embattled PPA boss deepen as NPP disowns him; says he is not a member
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disowned the embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr. Adjenim Boateng Adjei as a card bearing member of the party. “Mr. Adjenim Boateng is not a member of NPP”, Ashanti Regional NPP Secretary, Mr. Samuel Pyne spoke on Kumasi FM’s morning show in an […]
War against corruption: “I don’t clear accused persons; recommendations from institutions do” – President Akufo-Addo
“It is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing, or of engaging in acts of corruption. My job is to act on allegations of corruption by referring the issue or issues to the proper investigative agencies for the relevant enquiry and necessary action. That is exactly what has been done […]
Just in: Martin Amidu invites suspended PPA Boss over corruption allegations
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has invited the suspended Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Agyenim Boateng Adjei for questioning in relation to corruption allegations against him. The embattled PPA boss was handed a suspension by president Akufo-Addo following the airing of investigative piece, ‘Contracts for Sale’ by Manasseh Azure Awuni. The […]
Just in: President Akufo-Addo fires PPA Boss
Information available to BestNewsGH.com confirms the suspension of the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Agyenim Boateng Adjei by Presudent Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Eugene Arhin announcing the suspension of Mr. Agyenim Boateng Adjei read in part that […]
EC blows millions without approvals, no supporting documents – A-G
The report of the Auditor-General on Special Audits carried out on selected state institutions in the year 2018 has uncovered several infractions at the Electoral Commission (EC) running into hundreds millions of cedis. The infractions, which mainly took place between 2014 and 2016, involves expenses related to the 2016 general elections. The Auditor-General has directed […]
GH₵1.9BN saved in 21 months due to strict scrutiny of procurements – PPA
The Nana Akufo-Addo government has been able to save the state a whopping amount of GH₵1.9 billion due to the tightening of the public procurement space, which prevented procurement malpractices. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, who announced this, cited a number of procurement malpractices which the authority […]
‘Prudent procurement could win us more FDIs’
Going about procurement in a more cost-effective, risk-free and sustainable manner could be the country’s window to more foreign direct investments, Sam Achampong, Regional Director in charge of Middle East and North Africa for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), has said. “If people see that any funds that are passed through a […]