{"id":316427,"date":"2016-01-27T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/4-4m-rattray-park-contract-is-normal-kojo-bonsu\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:25:11","slug":"4-4m-rattray-park-contract-is-normal-kojo-bonsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/01\/27\/4-4m-rattray-park-contract-is-normal-kojo-bonsu\/","title":{"rendered":"$4.4m Rattray Park Contract Is Normal -Kojo Bonsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 2.4.2--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">From Sebastian R. Freiku, Kumasi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>THE Mayor of Kumasi, Mr. Kojo Bonsu has defended that there is no financial wrong doing regarding the $4.4 million reportedly expended on the <a href=\"http:\/\/thechronicle.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-90504\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4.4m-Rattray-Park-Contract-Is-Normal-Kojo-Bonsu.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a> recreational facility in Kumasi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span id=\"more-90497\"\/><br \/>He described as frivolous and mischievous the allegations of financial impropriety against him by\u00a0a section of the Assembly, who are asking\u00a0for his arrest. Mr. Bonsu explained that, the fact that\u00a0the Assembly\u2019s estimated budgetary\u00a0allocation for the\u00a0Rattray Park\u00a0project was\u00a0exceeded does not\u00a0warrant\u00a0the corresponding hullabaloo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nHe said the practice of exceeding budgetary allocations in executing\u00a0projects is a normal\u00a0practice\u00a0in most\u00a0public institutions, including the Kumasi Metropolitan\u00a0Assembly (KMA), provided the necessary laid down procedure in expending such additional resources are followed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nThe Mayor, therefore,\u00a0explained that the Assembly\u2019s exceeded\u00a0expenditure in the\u00a0execution of the\u00a0project in variations\u00a0in the prices of some equipment, which were mostly imported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nHe said in spite of these, the\u00a0Assembly followed the\u00a0Procurement Act, Financial Administrations Act and\u00a0all due process of law, in expending\u00a0those resources and that all the excesses incurred\u00a0 \u00a0 on the recreational facility would be audited by both\u00a0the Internal Audit Unit of the KMA\u00a0and the Auditor General, in line with the laws of the land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nIn response to the allegation of diversion of funds for priority projects, Mr. Bonsu said it is without evidence since the Aboabo and Miklin Storm drains were progressing.\u00a0 He said the construction of the 200-seater library facility at Amankwatia is on-going and has not been abandoned as claimed by his accusers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The mayor also emphasized that there is no illegality in the release of funds to the contractor working on the Assembly Hall project at Kumasi Academy (KUMACA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nMr. Bonsu indicated that the action by his accusers to draw the attention of the Public Accounts\u00a0Committee of Parliament (PAC) was alien to parliamentary practice. He explained that, the PAC, per the Standing\u00a0Order 165 of Parliament only scrutinizes audited accounts of various\u00a0state institutions submitted to Parliament\u00a0by the Auditor General\u00a0and called\u00a0on the residents of Kumasi\u00a0to disregard\u00a0the ugly noises being made\u00a0by a few aggrieved\u00a0members of the\u00a0Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nMayor Bonsu\u00a0said attempts\u00a0by a group of Assembly men to distract his vision of bringing development to Kumasi by petitioning\u00a0PAC, Police, BNI and EOCO would\u00a0not sidetrack him.\u00a0 He concluded that his resolve and\u00a0commitment\u00a0is to pursue the vision of the President.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 2.4.2--><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#13; From Sebastian R. Freiku, Kumasi THE Mayor of Kumasi, Mr. Kojo Bonsu has defended that there is no financial wrong doing regarding the $4.4 million reportedly expended on the recreational facility in Kumasi. 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