{"id":351565,"date":"2017-09-07T15:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=351565"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:03:38","slug":"ssnit-scandal-other-corrupt-deals-identified-eoco-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/ssnit-scandal-other-corrupt-deals-identified-eoco-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"SSNIT scandal: Other corrupt deals identified &#8211; EOCO Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has given itself a week more, to conclude investigations into how the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) , spent a whopping $72 million on Operational Business Suite (OBS)\u00a0in a bid to digitize the Trust.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Executive Director of EOCO, K. K. Amoah, revealed this to Accra-based Peace FM, where he confirmed that his outfit had uncovered &#8220;some corrupt deals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;i3qyXPZIokmk2TD4IfqoOgxSz2EYgcLR&#8221;]He said the crime office was looking to complete the investigation within seven days \u201cbecause this matter is of interest to a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I speak to you, my men are still investigating some workers and officials of SSNIT. There is also a gentleman called Hagan we have interviewed. He was the Project Manager,&#8221;\u00a0Mr. Amoah noted in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Among the instances of corruption, he said, &#8220;some items stated in the contract were not supplied. $34 million was set aside for the contract. It was bloated to about $72-73 million. We haven\u2019t completed with the investigations, but I believe the figures may go up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SSNIT is being investigated by EOCO for blowing $72 million on procuring and installing a software and other hardware systems known as the Operational Business Suite in a bid to digitize the Trust.<\/p>\n<p>The cost, which was originally $34 million, later ballooned to $66 million and then to $72 million due to maintenance and additional infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Board Chairman of SSNIT, Kwame Addo Kufuor, in an earlier interview with\u00a0<strong>Citi News<\/strong>,\u00a0said about 15 people had appeared before EOCO as witnesses in the matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-347706\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ssnit-head-office.jpg\" alt=\"ssnit-head-office\" width=\"570\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SSNIT has also contracted PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an audit into the contract.<\/p>\n<p>EOCO also raided the premises of Perfect Business Systems (PBS), the IT firm which executed the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/24\/72-million-ssnit-software-not-fully-functional-director-general\/\">$72 million project<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Perfect Business Systems, a local IT company, partnered Silverlake consortium, a Malaysian firm, to install and procure the software and hardware systems for the suite.<\/p>\n<p>SSNIT&#8217;s General Manager in charge of Management Information Systems (MIS), Caleb Afaglo, was also sacked for securing the job with fake degrees after he had been investigated by EOCO.<\/p>\n<p>It is suspected that his questionable qualifications\u00a0contributed to failings within the Trust that led to the contract award with its attendant expenditure overruns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Zoe Abu-Baidoo\/Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has given itself a week more, to conclude investigations into how the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) , spent a whopping $72 million on Operational Business Suite (OBS)\u00a0in a bid to digitize the Trust. 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