{"id":606810,"date":"2019-04-10T19:13:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n2019-04-10\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/1779126"},"modified":"2019-04-10T19:13:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:13:15","slug":"ndc-mps-lies-about-2-billion-sinohydro-project-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-mps-lies-about-2-billion-sinohydro-project-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC MP\u2019s lies about $2 billion Sinohydro Project exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/17791260.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwame Agbodza Fresh\" title=\"Kwame Agbodza Fresh\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwami Agbodza, Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Road and Transport Committee<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Road and Transport Committee, Kwami Agbodza has been badly exposed over claims Vice President  Dr. Bawumia has been obstructing value for money processes of the $2 billion Sinohydro Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m singling out the Vice President as being the one who is not allowing the due process of value for money to be done and he is going ahead with the sod cutting [ceremony].\u201d The lawmaker claimed.<\/p>\n<p>But Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who exposed the lawmaker\u2019s ignorance and lies  revealed that the value-for-money audit report rather okayed the project has rendering untrue the falsehood put out by the NDC<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Oppong Nkrumah on the Citi Breakfast Show on the morning of Wednesday observed that the falsified claims by the NDC is their usual acts of standing against every useful policy of government, describing the NDC as enemies of progress.<\/p>\n<p>The report indicates that \u201cThe Ministry of Roads and Highways (MRH), by a letter MRH\/PD264\/323\/01 dated 17th December, 2018, requested for a Value for Money Analysis for the Construction\/Rehabilitation of Selected Roads and Interchanges in Ghana-Phase 1: Lot 1 (Accra Inner City Roads).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the MRH submitted to the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) on 8th January, 2019 documents relating to a proposed Contract between: Ministry of Roads and Highways (MRH, \u201cthe Employer\u201d) of Ghana represented by the Department of Urban Roads (DUR), and Messrs Sinohydro Corporation Limited (SHCL) of China, (\u201cthe Contractor\u201d)(\u201cthe Parties\u201d) and requested GhIS to undertake a Value for Money (VFM).<\/p>\n<p>The report concludes \u201cIn terms of their informational contents, both the Employer\u2019s Requirements and the Contractor\u2019s Proposal largely conform to the GhIS guidelines for best international practice. The documents are unambiguous and detailed and the Employer\u2019s Requirements have the overall coherence and logical flow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This indicates that the claim by the NDC that there is no value-for-money audit report is false and should be discarded.<\/p>\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 Wednesday, 10 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-10 play videoKwami Agbodza, Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Road and Transport Committee The Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Road and Transport Committee, Kwami Agbodza has been badly exposed over claims Vice President Dr. Bawumia has been obstructing value for money processes of the $2 billion Sinohydro Project. 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