{"id":177579,"date":"2015-12-28T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=177579"},"modified":"2015-12-28T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T14:20:09","slug":"smarrtys-involved-in-98-dollar-deal-with-govt-minority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=177579","title":{"rendered":"Smarttys involved in a $98m dollar deal with govt &#8211; Minority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minority Leader Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu is alleging the embattled CEO of Smartty&#8217;s Management Limited, Selassie Ibrahim, is fronting for a Chinese firm in an electrification deal with the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smarttys productions was at the centre of the &#8220;fraudulent&#8221; bus branding saga which cost the state GHc3.6 million, according to a\u00a0pro-forma invoice dated July 26,2015, and signed by the Accounts Officer of the company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposed new deal \u00a0between government and the unnamed Chinese firm, according to the Minority Leader, will be worth $98 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Minority leader, this contract\u00a0was contained in documents brought to parliament for approval.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177591\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p73wo00nmh-kyeimensahbonsu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177591\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p73wo00nmh-kyeimensahbonsu.jpg\" alt=\"Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu\" width=\"524\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p73wo00nmh-kyeimensahbonsu.jpg 524w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p73wo00nmh-kyeimensahbonsu-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;AQFzV93PY6SmkeCBYF2KfkBC5BCAU1Cj&#8221;]\u201c<\/strong>Selassie was fronting for a Chinese company involved in some electrification project for which this nation will have to cough up $98 million,\u201d Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu revealed in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This revelation however comes on the back of a directive from the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, ordering Smarttys to refund to the state, GHc1.9 million of the GHc3.6 million paid for the branding of 116 public buses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Suame Legislator said it will be suicidal for any company associated with Selassie Ibrahim to be considered for a government contract until she has been cleared in the bus branding scandal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is a woman who is involved in some impropriety. The matter is pending. It is on the front burner and then we allow her to front for a Chinese company and offer her a contract to the tune of $98 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAre we serious as a nation?\u201d he further questioned.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12314089_10201196734035831_8016236314417170886_n1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fallout from the bus branding saga saw Transport Minister Dzifa Attivor resign from her position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minority Leader Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu is alleging the embattled CEO of Smartty&#8217;s Management Limited, Selassie Ibrahim, is fronting for a Chinese firm in an electrification deal with the state. Smarttys productions was at the centre of the &#8220;fraudulent&#8221; bus branding saga which cost the state GHc3.6 million, according to a\u00a0pro-forma invoice dated July 26,2015, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":177592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-177579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/177592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}