{"id":448201,"date":"2017-12-19T10:21:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T10:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T10:21:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T10:21:34","slug":"bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/","title":{"rendered":"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/69180642.295.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Mutawakilu 600x330\" title=\"Adam Mutawakilu 600x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"162\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513678894_671_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu has alleged that equipment of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) running into several millions of dollars was disposed of as scraps.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Mutawakilu said the equipment was sold off despite being in good shape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome equipment they[officials at BOST] added as scrap were not scraps, they were good equipment but because due process was not followed for disposal, things went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Damongo MP  has therefore asked the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to probe the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that TOR cannot investigate itself. Either or BNI or EOCO should handle this,\u201d Mr. Mutawakilu suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the cost of the equipment , Mr. Mutawakilu said: \u201cThe money was not lodged into an account but it could be in thousands or millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MP could also not confirm whom the equipment was sold to, saying \u201cwe do not know the individual but as far as we are concerned, they were sold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>BOST contaminated fuel saga<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mutawakilu\u2019s revelation comes on the back of the recent fuel contamination saga that hit BOST.<\/p>\n<p>BOST took centre stage in the media in July 2017, after it emerged that it had sold 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed companies, Movepiina and Zup Oil, which were allegedly set up a few days before the sale, causing Ghana to lose about GHc 7 million in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Ministry subsequently cleared BOST of any wrongdoing but the minority said they suspect it was an attempt to cover up the alleged rot and set up an eight-member committee to investigate the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the Minority called for the appointment termination of the current Managing Director of BOST, Alfred Obeng Boateng, the Majority demanded a full-scale investigation into the matter beginning from the era of the former BOST boss, Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko.<\/p>\n<p>Some individuals including the Director of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe also asked President Nana Addo to initiate fresh investigations into the scandal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-19 Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu The Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu has alleged that equipment of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) running into several millions of dollars was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":423720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-19 Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu The Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu has alleged that equipment of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) running into several millions of dollars was [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T10:21:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":374,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/\",\"name\":\"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T10:21:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-19 Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu The Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu has alleged that equipment of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) running into several millions of dollars was [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu","datePublished":"2017-12-19T10:21:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/"},"wordCount":374,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/","name":"BOST equipment sold off as scrap \u2013 Mutawakilu - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-12-19T10:21:34+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/bost-equipment-sold-off-as-scrap-mutawakilu\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}