The allegations were made by a former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, who also accused Mr. Amoah of failing to go through procurement processes before he purchased the vehicles.

[contextly_sidebar id=”S3gY67ADB82Gc7oCPROFYgB4rMgjz46N”]“Your MASLOC CEO, Stephen Amoah purchased 1,800 second-hand cars with no MASLOC board in place and no PPA (Public Procurement Authority) approval,” she said in an article widely published in the media.

Provoked by the remark, Mr. Amoah in a statement denied the allegations, and also gave Dr. Valerie Sawyer a one-week ultimatum to retract the publication and apologize or incur his wrath.

“In that passage, Dr. Valarie Sawyer stated emphatically that, I Stephen Amoah, CEO of MASLOC has purchased one thousand eight hundred (1,800) second-hand cars with no board in place and no PPA approval. I, Stephen Amoah, CEO of MASLOC have not purchased 1,800 second-hand cars as has been insistently stated by Dr. Valarie Sawyerr. I found this statement defamatory. It is believed that Dr. Valarie Sawyerr’s arbitrary decision to issue this false statement has been sadly induced by her ego trips just to smear my hard earned reputation.”

Mr. Amoah, who said Dr. Sawyerr’s piece has tarnished his image badly, stated that, “My illiterate and cherished mother has been traumatized.”

“I am accordingly giving you, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr one-week from today, 9:00am, Friday, 3^rd of November, 2017, to reflect on your disparaging statement against me and the President, retract and render an unequivocal apology to me, the president of the Republic of Ghana and the entire Ghanaian community. Failure to do this honourable, admirable, respectable and praiseworthy thing, will inform my next line of action,” Mr. Amoah added in the statement issued on Friday.

350 abandoned vehicles at MASLOC

MASLOC dominated the news during the early part of October 2017 following the procurement of some 350 vehicles by the previous administration, meant for drivers belonging to the GPRTU.

But the cars were rejected by the union who say they were “too expensive.”

The centre in the past few years, has been involved in the sale of cars on credit to individuals and groups including Members of Parliament, musicians and celebrities; however, it struggles to retrieve the monies owed it.

Valerie Sawyerr blasts Bawumia over digital address system

Dr. Valerie Sawyerr,in that article also took Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the cleaners, following some utterances the second gentleman made prior to the launch of the country’s digital address system also known as Ghana Post GPS.

Dr. Sawyerr believes the Vice President deceived Ghanaians when he said the $2.5 million worth system will be more advanced than those used in the UK and United States of America.

“It is more advanced than the United States or the United Kingdom or Germany because they are stuck to old technology, and we are leapfrogging. We are going to a new technology; we are going to GPS-based technology,” Dr. Bawumia said when he delivered a lecture at the University of Cape Coast, on October 5, 2017.

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Following the success of the audio release, the rapper went ahead to release an awesome video which also trended for days on Twitter. The Someway Bi video has been watched over thirty three thousand (33000) times on YouTube.

According to M.anifest, his success is because he does songs that people can relate to. He also explains that his success is also due to the fact that his team has effectively used social media to market his brand and music.

“Social media has played an important role in my career and in the dissemination of my music so far. If you do music that is not trendy or non-traditional, you have to also use a non-traditional or non-trendy way to promote it,” he said, in an interview on Citi Trendz.

He explained further that “social media is not dependent on PAYOLA, it’s not dependent on whether you have connections or not, it’s dependent on whether people like your stuff and how you are at mobilizing the people who are online. So for me it’s always played a role because it cuts out the middle man and I’m able to go directly to the people.”

 Video: M.anifest – Someway Bi

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