{"id":314378,"date":"2017-04-27T06:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T06:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=314378"},"modified":"2017-04-27T06:10:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T06:10:07","slug":"we-erred-in-improper-auctioning-of-vehicles-mofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/we-erred-in-improper-auctioning-of-vehicles-mofa\/","title":{"rendered":"We erred in improper auctioning of vehicles – MoFA"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), have admitted culpability in the malfeasance involving the public auctioning off some 24 vehicles belonging to the Ministry between 2011 and 2013, as captured in the 2015 Auditor General’s report.<\/p>\n
According to that document, the cars were sold off without payment to the appropriate accounts.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”LjzCrJd1gmwAzNfz9dK579XfrEznzFXp”]The officials who were grilled by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), on Wednesday, pleaded for a mere caution, explaining that the current Directors of the Ministry were not in charge during the period of the malfeasance.<\/p>\n
The acting Chief Director, Benjamin Gyasi, explained that \u201cthese issues happened between 2011 and 2013, when I wasn\u2019t the director. But even at that time, we had a deputy Director who was handling these issues, and he is also on retirement now, so it becomes difficult when issues that happened in the past are loaded on someone who wasn\u2019t part.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Mr. Gyasi assured that, since that audit, the Ministry has ensured that\u00a0its affairs are now clean and in order.<\/p>\n
“\u2026 I have evidence to show that in my time, from 2014 to date, we have done the right thing and we have evidence here to show, so we are not here to argue on what is in the past, but we are coming to plead by saying that we have done the right thing to date,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Auctioneer reserved vehicles for staff, failed to advertise auction<\/strong><\/p>\n The auctioneer, Alex Agyei, was also indicted by the Auditor General\u2019s report, and he all but confessed that he auctioned the 24 vehicles without recourse to \u00a0laid down process when he appeared before the committee.<\/p>\n