{"id":393284,"date":"2017-05-27T13:05:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T13:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/27\/use-state-institutions-to-investigate-nca-gsa-scandals-npp-mp-advises-govt\/"},"modified":"2017-05-27T13:05:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T13:05:05","slug":"use-state-institutions-to-investigate-nca-gsa-scandals-npp-mp-advises-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/27\/use-state-institutions-to-investigate-nca-gsa-scandals-npp-mp-advises-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Use state institutions to investigate NCA, GSA scandals – NPP MP advises gov’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Member of Parliament (MP) for Adenta\u00a0says it\u2019s time the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) are engaged to investigate the recent scandals at two state institutions.<\/p>\n

Yaw Buabeng Asamoah says to avoid any doubt regarding the scandals at the National Communications Authority (NCA) and Ghana Standard\u00a0Authority (GSA), the matter should be referred to the “institution which deals with doubt.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said since Ghana does not lack professionalism with institutions like the Criminal Investigations Department, EOCO, police, BNI and Attorney General’s office, which must be relied on when matters of scandals emerge in public service.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking on Joy FM\/MultiTV’s news analysis programme Newsfile, Saturday, he said, “government should strengthen them [institutions] and get them to deliver.”<\/p>\n

The Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid,\u00a0revealed in an interview with Joy FM<\/b>\u00a0that some officials of NCA allegedly withdrew $4 million from the accounts of the Authority and have failed to account for it.<\/p>\n

The Minister named William\u00a0Tevie, former NCA Director; Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, former Board Chairman; one Alhaji Osman, former Deputy National Security Coordinator among others as officials involved in the scandal.<\/p>\n

The Minister said an investigation by the current government revealed that the named officials had contracted an Israeli company, NSO Group Technology Limited, to supply listening equipment at the cost of $6 million, to enable National Security monitor conversations of persons suspected to be engaged in terror activities.<\/p>\n

Mr Hamid further revealed that a local agent,\u00a0Infraloks\u00a0Development Limited, was also charging $2 million to facilitate the transaction, bringing the total sum to $8 million.<\/p>\n

But only $1 million was paid into the accounts of the Israeli company while the remaining $3 million was lodged into the accounts of one George Oppong, representing the local agents, Infraloks Development Limited.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That money was allegedly shared among the officials.<\/p>\n

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William Tevie<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0Mr\u00a0Tevie has denied involvement in a corruption scandal that has hit his tenure of office.<\/p>\n

He has denied ever admitting to allegations of corruption to the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) as revealed by the government and reported by the Daily Guide newspaper and other media houses.<\/p>\n

In a related development, Joy News\u00a0intercepted an investigative report which alleges that former Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority Dr George Crentsil received a $1.2million\u00a0kickback from a contractor.<\/p>\n

Lemet Construction Company is said to have worked on a new block of the Standards Authority Training School at a cost in excess of GHC15 million.<\/p>\n

The contractor did not state why he gave out the money but the report indicates Dr. Crentsil admitted receiving the cash.<\/p>\n

According to the report submitted by the board of directors of the Ghana Standards Authority to the then Trade Minister Dr Ekwow Spio Gabrah, Dr George Crentsil took $1 million from the contractor working on the GSA training school on one occasion.<\/p>\n

With denials here and there, the former Director of Communication of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Asamoah\u00a0said, for the state to be able to take effective action, it needs to refer to the institutions responsible for such acts and get them to do their job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He believes this will\u00a0curb\u00a0the phenomenon of\u00a0government\u00a0putting out the issues of corruption in the media and the matter dying out\u00a0quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Commenting on the issue,\u00a0Executive Director of IDEG Dr Emmanuel Akwetey said it is time the President\u00a0streamlines the work of the various investigative institutions.<\/p>\n

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