According to the GII, it would have been prudent for the National Democratic Congress government to have allowed such new contracts to be handled by the new government.

The Minister for Environment, Science Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga defended an 18 million Euro contract with SCL Waste Management Limited, to recycle e-waste in the country.

But in a Citi News interview, the Executive Director of the GII, Linda Ofori Kwafo said, government had no business signing the deal.

She believes issues of judgement debt and other challenges might eventually spring up if government goes ahead to sign the contract and fails to follow due process.

“…We should actually have laid down procedures detailing what an outgoing government should do and what they should not do and if it is about contracts , how far have they gone with the process and where they have to halt for the new administration to take over. If you engage in any contract on behalf of Ghanaians and it is found out that due processes are not followed then issues of judgement debt and all its related issues will come up.”

Ayariga defends judgement debt contract

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga early on defended government’s decision to sign a new waste management contract worth €18 million days after his party’s defeat in the December 7 polls.

According to the outgoing Minister, he took the decision because it was duly forwarded to the Public Procurement Authority for approval before the defeat.

“An application was pending before the election and I duly forwarded it to the PPA for approval before the elections,” he said.

The Minister is said to have signed a new contract with SCL Waste Management Limited to recycle e-waste in the country despite putting efforts in place to hand over power to the New Patriotic Party government.

This follows concerns raised by the NPP’s transition team about some supposed last minute contracts being awarded by the outgoing NDC government.

But Mr. Ayariga on his Facebook page explained that “the cost of project is entirely borne by the applicant and they said it will cost them €18 million.”

“Ghana must have e-waste recycling capacity to solve problems such what we have at Abglogoshi and other sites,” he added.

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This according to the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga is because “we are the sitting government until we hand over power on January 6, 2017.”

Mr. Ayariga made the remark on the Point Blank segment on Eyewitness News on Monday in reaction to a wave of bashing he had received for signing a last minute €18 million e-waste contract with SCL Waste Management Limited days after his party’s defeat.

[contextly_sidebar id=”8DsuNiVH5QXI4vVgxVsq79uPJcGtKTbo”]The contract will allow the company to recycle e-waste in the country.

The NDC was defeated in the December 7 polls and President John Dramani Mahama is expected to hand over power to president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2016.

Both parties have formed a transition team to ensure a smooth transfer of power, however, the NPP have raised concerns about some new contracts and recruitment being undertaken by the outgoing government.

According to the outgoing Minister, he took the decision because it was duly forwarded to the Public Procurement Authority for approval before his party’s defeat.

“An application was pending before the election and I duly forwarded it to the PPA for approval before the elections,” he said.

He further told host of Eyewitness News’ Richard Dela Sky that his government did no wrong by signing new contracts.

“…This impression that people are saying that because there has been an election won by another party and the Electoral Commission has declared them as winners does not mean that this government should stop functioning all together and there should be a total shut down. That is a very wrong impression. This government will continue to pursue its programmes until 6^th of January when we are supposed to fold up and then hand over to the new president who will then appoint his ministers to carry out the functions.”

He explained that “If we exercise some functions and they [NPP] do not agree with us, then they can decide to abolish it when they take over because they have the power to do that. But so far us we are concerned, we are the sitting government until January 6^th.”

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According to the outgoing Minister, he took the decision because it was duly forwarded to the Public Procurement Authority for approval before the defeat.

“An application was pending before the election and I duly forwarded it to the PPA for approval before the elections,” he said.

The Minister is said to have signed a new contract with SCL Waste Management Limited to recycle e-waste in the country despite putting efforts in place to hand over power to the New Patriotic Party government.

This follows concerns raised by the NPP’s transition team about some supposed last minute contracts being awarded by the outgoing NDC government.

But Mr. Ayariga on his Facebook page explained that “the cost of project is entirely borne by the applicant and they said it will cost them €18 million.”

“Ghana must have e-waste recycling capacity to solve problems such what we have at Abglogoshi and other sites,” he added.

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