According to him, all the three banks – Stanbic, GT bank and UMB, were foreign owned, hence his board’s resolve to consider UniBank together with Stanbic which topped the process.

Prof. Sallah put up the spirited defense of UniBank in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday.

[contextly_sidebar id=”MIj683yrpbMHOxZm6j9ijAqgDsks9KD6″]“…UniBank, while it was not working at the hospital had provided GHc2 million to the Obstetrics and Gynecologist departments for refurbishing, as part of their social responsibilities. So we figured that there should be a local content because we said that as Ghanaians we cannot give the whole business to a foreign bank and in addition, Korle Bu is very big. So we decided to split Korle Bu into two, and let the two banks work together,” He explained.

Korle Bu terminates UniBank contract

Prof. Sallah made the remark following Korle Bu’s decision to abrogate the revenue collection contract with UniBank.

The management of Korle Bu had complained about UniBank’s compatibility shortcomings with End-to-End Hospital Revenue Collection Software, which they said essentially led to revenue losses.

The hospital in a press statement, among other things, also said UniBank skipped a meeting to submit proposals for a new software for dealing with the revenue leaks.

It said Stanbic Bank successfully presented a proposal, and was awarded a contract to pilot the new software in the entire hospital, which was valued at $240,000.

But UniBank debunked the claims describing it as “a total fabrication.”

Prof. Sallah slams Korle Bu

Prof. Sallah in the interview also slammed Korle Bu for the claims describing them as “mischievous.”

“…It was very mischievous for the PRO to come up with a statement without mentioning Universal Merchant Bank as number three. Why did he not mention all the four banks?”

When asked his assessment of UniBank’s performance during his tenure, Prof. Sallah said the bank was “excellent.”

The A-Plus factor

The issue came to the limelight following some corruption allegations musician A-Plus, against two presidential staffers, Francis Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor.

A-Plus’ allegations had to do with a petition by UniBank Ghana Limited to the effect that the management of Korle-Bu had abrogated the existing Memorandum of Understanding with them without any reason, thus treating them unfairly.

A-Plus held that the two presidential staffers played a role in the matter, but his allegations were later described as “baseless” an investigations by the Criminal Investigation Department.

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– Sacked Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw headlines today’s edition in an exclusive interview – he says Nigeria cheated their way to the 2014 World Cup!

– We get updated on the short-list for the Ethiopia job (with Jerry Kwame Ayensu & Betemariam Hailu in Addis Ababa)

– Another big interview with German coaching legend Ottmar Hitzfield as he talks African player stereotypes, his top 4 African players of all time, thoughts on Berti Vogts, the uniqueness of Giovane Élber and the Mario Basler problem.

– Plus, big-name footballers debate administrators on the sense in sending WAGs to the World Cup.

– And also, the ‘Africans Abroad’ staple with Nathan Quao.

Presented by Gary Al-Smith and produced by Nathan Quao/Gary Al-Smith for Citi FM & Supersport.com. Aired: April 04, 2014.

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Audio: 49min 59sec
First aired: 7 Mar 2014

First edition of the FC Africa podcast features Stephen Keshi on Nigeria’s stateside draw with Mexico and analysis with BeIN Sport USA’s Sulaiman Folarin.

We get perspective of Cameroon’s horror show vs Portugal and also five things Ghana can learn for the World Cup (with European football expert Andy Brassell)

Plus we get answers on why Sudan v Kenya was cancelled (with Sudanese football writer Abdul Musa), the club vs country row is back as Zambia beat Uganda again (with Muka Bola from Zambia).

And public reaction to sacking of Ethiopian coach Sewnet Bishaw plus preview of Africans in key European leagues.

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Presented by Gary Al-Smith and produced by Nathan Quao for Citi FM & supersport.com.

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