Citi News <\/strong>in an interview that the recent report by the BNI and National Security on the matter raised more questions that it answered.<\/p>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”oRbM36RaND3npqWjRiNsYhidWfg1nq41″]The report exonerated the current CEO of BOST of any wrongdoing in the matter, comments echoed by the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko at a press conference.<\/p>\n
This conclusion was made before the Committee set up to investigate the matter had commenced their probe.<\/p>\n
There had been calls from the Minority for the current MD to step aside for investigations to proceed without external influence.<\/p>\n
But the Energy Minister stated at the press conference that “on the basis of previous practice, there was no wrongdoing at BOST on the sale of the 5 million litres of contaminated products.”<\/p>\n
This was in reference to the reports which revealed that 38 unlicensed companies had also purchased contaminated fuel from 2014 to 2016, while the NDC were in power.<\/p>\n
The BNI report, however, has been criticised\u00a0by several observer groups including policy think tank IMANI Africa and anti-corruption group Occupy Ghana, who described it as deficient.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0Professor Boadi, there\u00a0needs to be “external and independent” investigation into the BOST saga in order for any doubts which lingered after the release of the BNI report to be cleared.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m hoping that all of that [the BNI report] are\u00a0skirmishes and that this matter is going to be handled properly, credibly, convincingly and to put to rest any suspicions that we are going to see a repeat of what happened in the previous administration. I\u2019m not satisfied with what I have seen and heard so far, and I would be far more\u00a0satisfied \u00a0if\u00a0I say and independent investigation into such an allegation.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nProfessor\u00a0Boadi\u00a0added that this recent episode was a test for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who had pledged to root out corruption in the public service.<\/p>\n
According to him, the President could send a strong message of his commitment towards dealing with corruption by ensuring the matter is addressed properly.<\/p>\n
“It is a test and there is still an opportunity for him to come and say that the NPP Government is not going to do business as usual and that it\u2019s not going to do\u00a0equalization\u00a0when allegations of corruption are made against members of his administration and especially his appointee.”<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s also an opportunity for him to say that we are in a new order where independent and ideally external\u00a0investigations will\u00a0be done into\u00a0allegations\u00a0of corruption involving government officials. I haven\u2019t seen that being done yet but I\u2019m still hoping it will be,” he said.<\/p>\n
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