According to the new deputy CEO of the Center, Maame Afia Akoto, MASLOC now has to deal with the challenges that have come about as a result of the contract.

[contextly_sidebar id=”ISDj1vachFCPMaPlWmDjqPpR48lzj9JS”]Speaking on The Big Issue on Saturday, she said the former management of MASLOC, entered an agreement with Supeeva to supply some 600 tricycles at a cost that was higher than the average market price.

“You won’t believe the agreement that was done on these tricycles…MASLOC needed tricycles to give out to our clients out there. MASLOC contracted someone for this project and then MASLOC turns around to loan money to the contractor to get money to get these tricycles to us. That is what they did; the former CEO gave a loan to Supeeva to go and get these tricycles, and then double the price for MASLOC.

“On the open market, it is between GH¢4,000 – GH¢4,200… And currently, it is in our hands for about GH¢8,000, almost GH¢9,000,” she said.

The new management of MASLOC has been contending with the previous one led by Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, over some contracts signed by the latter that has been found to be against the interest of the Center.

Earlier this week, the new management revealed that, cars which were being sold for $9, 000 in the showrooms of MAC Auto & Spare Parts Ghana Limited, had been purchased by the previous MASLOC management at a cost of about $16,000 per vehicle from the same company, resulting in a reported loss of about $2 million.

The vehicles were meant for the use of drivers from the Ghana Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU) on a hire purchase basis, but have been parked at the mercy of the weather due to the inability of the GPRTU to pay for them at the offered price.

The former MASLOC boss, Sedina Attionu, has however denied any wrongdoing in the various deals she authorized. She alleged that the allegations were tactics by the new management to tarnish her image.

In a statement copied to citifmonline.com, she among other things said her administration had not paid for the 600 tricycles.

Her statement said;

• In October 2016, Management of MASLOC received approval from its Board to purchase 2,000 tricycles.
• Based on the approval, MASLOC wrote to PPA, requesting to procure the tricycles on the basis of a restricted tender.
• Three companies were submitted to the PPA for approval to undertake this exercise.
• PPA granted approval for the use of restricted tendering for the procurement of the tricycles at a total cost of not more than GHC 17,000,000.00.
• The three companies were asked to tender their bids. The necessary processes were undertaken and the bids were assessed.
• The successful company supplied six hundred (600) tricycles before I exited office. Upon that supply, 40% payment was to have been made to the supplier. The remaining 1,400 tricycles would also be supplied after which payment would have been made 3-6 months thereafter.
• No payment was made for the supply of the 600 tricycles till I exited office.

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By: citifmfonline.com/Ghana

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The National Economic Forum is scheduled to take place from the 13^th to the 16^th of May in Akosombo where stakeholders are expected to deliberate on issues affecting the Ghanaian economy and raise solutions to them.

Aside this, the National Economic Forum further seeks to achieve a consensus on policies, strategies and measures that are, required to accelerate Ghana’s transition from a lower middle income nation to an upper middle income economy with sustainable path of development that guarantees improvements in the quality of life for all Ghanaians.

However, the New Patriotic Party has declined an invitation to partake in the upcoming forum saying it is a sheer PR gimmick and a propaganda tool being used by government to delude citizens of the real state of the Ghanaian economy.

Explaining the rationale behind this decision, Freddy Blay revealed that “The NPP was invited to come and participate in this economic forum that takes place tomorrow.  We did make it clear at the press conference that the invitation was extended to us on Friday although it had been dated on the letter that the invitation was being sent on the 2nd of May.”

He further stated that “We [The NPP] have not been told what exactly is going to be talked about. We [The NPP] have not been given any document based on which we could gather people to make an input in the forum. When you are been invited to take part in a forum you don’t go and talk off your head. You don’t go and say this is my view and so on.

You need to gather facts, figures and know what kind of policies that government is bringing on the table. For you to say we already have an idea of the economic difficulties Ghana is going through you only prescribing confusion for an already difficult situation,” he added.

By: Benjamin Epton Owusu/citfmonline.com/Ghana

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