According to him, the government can easily retrieve the money from the company if it engages them on the matter, but should take legal action against the company if the effort proves futile.

[contextly_sidebar id=”YPDsDtEfRXlL0gTesA0i5eQlsddC9xZx”]It emerged at the Public Accounts Committee sitting on Friday that rLG Communications Limited owes the state an amount of GHc6.3 million, after the company failed to produce 12,733 laptops for the state despite a contract to that effect.

rLG in 2010 won the contract from the government to procure 103,181 laptops for the state and was paid GHc51, 257,500 to that effect.

Out of the 103,181 pieces to be produced by rLG Communications Ltd, 90,448 were produced and distributed, leaving a balance of 12,733 pieces, worth GHc6, 366,875.00.

Documents from the Auditor General’s Department suggests that only 90,448 laptops were provided by rLG.

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, who appeared before the committee to answer questions on the matter promised to ensure a refund of the money.

James Avedzi in an interview on Eyewitness News said, “my position is that, why don’t you engage RLG and say that we agreed on these specs… you didn’t supply the specs that we want, yet what you supplied is higher than the original which was costing  GH¢500, can we agree on a new price now then let’s determine the quantity that you have to supply.”

“I told the minister that if they invite rLG to come to have a negotiation on this and the company refuses to come then they can then proceed to court to take action to retrieve the money. I think it is a very simple matter,” he said.

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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RLG in 2010 won a contract from government to procure 103,181 laptops for the state, and was paid GHc51, 257,500 to that effect.

[contextly_sidebar id=”kfModsJTPRDsM7pYEF2oC1UxT0VnNCGs”]But documents from the Auditor General’s Department suggests that only 90,448 laptops were provided by RLG.

“In line with the policy of promoting indigenous Ghanaian businesses, the Ministry entered into agreement with RLG communications Ltd. to produce and distribute 103,181 pieces of laptops at a total cost of GHc51, 257,500.00. Out of the 103,181 pieces to be produced by RLG Communications Ltd, 90,448 were produced and distributed, leaving a balance of 12,733 pieces, worth GHc6, 366,875.00.”

According to the Auditor General’s report, when RLG was asked why the remaining laptops were not produced, the company said “no request was made by the Ministry to produce and distribute the remaining laptops, hence the number of outstanding laptops.”

Meanwhile, taking his turn at the sittings of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Friday, Prof. Frimpong Boateng said RLG promised to ensure the refund of the money by RLG.

Although the Minister said the promise was “not in a written form” he said he has assurance that “they [RLG] were prepared [to refund the money] but then we did not agree on the formula.”

“We want [an] outright payment… ideally, this amount should be paid with interest, but then there were going to pay the original amount without interest over a period of months or over a year, and we were not sure whether they will keep to their promise because they failed the Ministry many times in the past.”

On the way forward in retrieving the amount, the Minister said his outfit will officially write a letter to RLG requesting for specification.

“The way forward as I had said, suggested that we write to them about the specifications, that should be a good start and we will communicate the response to the committee,” he told the Public Accounts Committee.

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By: Godwin A. Allotey & Duke M. Opoku/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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