The Chinese Government also said it was excited about the gains made by the Ghanaian Government in the area of public procurement ever since it assumed office in January 2017.

“We were very impressed by the figures the President gave during his message on the State of the Nation”, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sun Baohong said when Madam Adwoa Safo paid a courtesy call on her at her office in Accra last Wednesday, February 21, 2018.

Among the notable gains touted by the Akufo-Addo administration, the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) received 394 sole sourcing applications but approved 223, representing 56.6% and rejected 171 applications, representing 4.6%.

In 2016, the PPA received 622 sole sourcing applications but 577 were approved, representing 98% while 25 applications were rejected.

“So, comparatively, for sole sourcing alone, the approvals that we gave in 2017 was 56.6% compared to 98% in 2016. That is a very impressive way to start”, Madam Adwoa Safo told the Chinese Ambassador.

On restrictive tendering, the PPA, she added, received 346 applications in 2017 but only 164, representing 48% were approved while a total of 179 applications, representing 52% were rejected.

In 2016, the PPA received 592 applications on restrictive tendering but 587, representing 99.15% were approved while only 5 applications were rejected.

“If you compare in our case for restrictive tendering, we approved 167 applications, representing 48% in 2017 while in 2016 99.15% were approved. The figures are so clear. If we open our eyes on restrictive tendering and make sure we set our eyes to protect the public purse, we can do it because, for a year, we’ve been able to do it”, she said.

In response to this, Madam Baohong assured that the Chinese Government was committed to helping Ghana fight corruption.

She said the Chinese Government advised its businessmen and women wanting to do business in Ghana to do so in a very legal way so that there will be peace and harmony between the two countries.

Madam Baohong also assured the Public Procurement Minister of the Chinese Government’s willingness to supporting her ministry’s capacity building programs in China to equip the personnel with the requisite knowledge and skills to perform efficiently.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The donation was made through the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sun Baohong, and received by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr John Kudalor.

The China Association of Fujian in Ghana, a group of business people, investors and industrialists operating in Ghana, is headed by Mr Xu Ning Quan, who is also the Managing Director of Santeo Steel Limited.

Presentation

Handing over the motorcycles to the police last Thursday, Madam Sun said more Chinese had located in Ghana and  invested in various sectors of the economy.

She noted that the Ghana Police Service played a major role in ensuring an open, safe and friendly environment for businesses to thrive and expressed the hope that the new motorcycles would help the service to discharge its role to enhance security in the country.

Caution

She reminded the Chinese community in the country of the need for them to be law-abiding, cautioning that while the Chinese government was determined to protect the legitimate interests of the Chinese in Ghana, it would not tolerate or cover those who committed crime.

Mr Kudalor thanked the association for the gesture and called on other organisations to emulate the example to complement the government’s effort at providing logistics for the Police Service.

The presentation coincided with the IGP’s duty tour of the Tema Police Command to assess the preparation of the police in the region ahead of the December 7 general election.

Meeting of stakeholders

While in Tema, the IGP, who was accompanied by senior commanders of the service, also interacted with the heads of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, the Tema Traditional Council, the Tema Metropolitan Assembly and the Tema Development Corporation and briefed them on some key measures that had been put in place to prevent election violence in the region before, during and after the general election.

The IGP and his team observed a stimulation exercise to test the readiness of the police to handle election violence and also inspected the Regional Police Command’s logistics.

Readiness

The Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Paul Awini, said in their quest to ensure peaceful elections, 720 policemen had undergone training in public order management and crowd control, adding that the programme was ongoing for others to ensure professional policing ahead of the elections.

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Source: Graphic online

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