{"id":400399,"date":"2018-02-11T07:31:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T07:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=400399"},"modified":"2018-02-11T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T16:02:20","slug":"sole-sourcing-npp-ndc-comparisons-baseless-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/sole-sourcing-npp-ndc-comparisons-baseless-franklin-cudjoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sole sourcing: NPP, NDC comparisons baseless – Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"
IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe has questioned the basis of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s touting of his government’s reduced reliance on sole sourcing during his State of the Nation Address.<\/p>\n
“When I heard the comparison between the NDC and the NPP in terms of procurement figures, I wasn\u2019t particularly sure what the basis of the comparison was,\u201d Mr. Cudjoe noted on The Big Issue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”XyWePxz0zDTNEddLGnWiTfQJAPTydjsp”]He also downplayed the significance of the reduction in sole-sourced contracts because there was still a lack of transparency as far as citizens were concerned.<\/p>\n President Nana Akufo-Addo, speaking to the Media in January, first revealed that his government had saved about GHc 782 million<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from sole sourcing and restricted tendering processes within its first year in government.<\/p>\n He was keen to note that this was in\u00a0sharp contrast to the zero savings made from sole sourcing in 2016 under the\u00a0National Democratic Congress.<\/p>\n