{"id":392933,"date":"2018-01-19T08:42:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=392933"},"modified":"2018-01-19T08:42:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:42:44","slug":"back-your-claims-of-inflated-contracts-with-evidence-acep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/back-your-claims-of-inflated-contracts-with-evidence-acep\/","title":{"rendered":"Back your claims of ‘inflated’ contracts with evidence – ACEP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Ben Boakye, is in favour of the Minority’s call on government release data\u00a0on all non-existent and inflated contracts approved under the Mahama administration.<\/p>\n

Mr. Boakye said this would provide\u00a0clarity on the\u00a0government’s assertion that it saved some\u00a0GHc5.7 billion<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from cancelling some contracts, at least within the road sector.<\/p>\n

The government has also suggested it has saved huge sums of money by reviewing and terminating some energy agreements.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”1j33gxzwKoCfa0yubotBxQl1IkU3g8rw”]Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Boakye said “it makes sense to publish the details so we can interrogate the numbers to be sure that that is what is actually happening. We keep hearing that some deals have been made but no data is available to support it and that I don\u2019t think is right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Minority Spokesperson on Roads and Transport, Kwame Agbodza, had said he doubted the government’s claim, which was made by President Nana Akufo-Addo during his interaction with Ghanaian media members on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Beyond this, as far as the savings are concerned, Mr. Boakye said some of the contracts terminated may have been because contractors failed to meet certain conditions, hence, such contracts cannot be counted as having led to savings.<\/p>\n

Such questions underscored the need for more clarity, according to Mr. Boakye, who remarked that “if there is anything that we don\u2019t know, I think it\u2019s alright to just put the data out there so all of us can see.”<\/p>\n

Corruption wouldn’t be a surprise<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concerns notwithstanding, Mr. Boakye added that, there was definitely cause to suspect that some inflated contracts were awarded under the Mahama administration.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes, when you look at the figures and you look at how contracts are negotiated and how they rushed through the process, it makes you wonder whether everything is above board and we have had the occasion to question many of those agreements… I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if there is an\u00a0investigation and we establish that some of those contracts were purely based on some corrupt practices that allow such deals to go through.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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