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General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-10\n\n

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General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n

2019-04-10<\/p>\n

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\"Kwameplay video<\/span>Kwame Agbodza speaks for the Minority on the Roads and Transport Committee in Parliament<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Minority does not believe government has conducted a value for money audit on the $2 billion Sinohydro deal, insisting for a report on it to be published if it has been done.<\/p>\n

The Sinohydro deal, an agreement between Government of Ghana and the Sinohydro Group Limited of China, will provide the infrastructure of the government\u2019s choice in exchange for Ghana\u2019s refined bauxite.<\/p>\n

Some of the projects are the construction of roads, bridges, interchanges, hospitals, public housing, among other projects.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Minority called on government to suspend the commissioning of the project and provide a legal opinion from the Attorney-General as well as a value for money audit.<\/p>\n

But the request has been irgnored. The project has been commissioned by the President, in the Northern regional capital, Tamale.<\/p>\n

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, rubbished the Minority\u2019s request describing it as uncalled for and falsehood.<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists at a press conference he said: \u201cvalue for money is not a prerequisite for Parliamentary approval; it has never been the case. What Parliament considers are the financial terms and the technical specifications are also made available to the sector-specific committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are times when Parliament will say go ahead with this but share with us the value for money eventually when it is done. There is a value for money audit report that has been prepared by the Ghana Institute of Surveyors which spells out the various areas of potential risks and gives a specification for it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Oppong-Nkrumah while responding to the Minority, added that it was not standard practice that the Attorney-General has to furnish written opinion to Parliament anytime it is considering an agreement of such nature.<\/p>\n

The Minister expressed surprise at the Roads and Transport Committee in Parliament for not requesting for the document from the government.<\/p>\n

He stated: \u201cif indeed there was the need for it by the Committee, I would have expected that they would have requested the Attorney-General to make that opinion available.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Minority\u2019s spokesperson on the Committee, Kwame Agbodza said if the documents were available, then the government should publish it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a desperate attempt by government to muddy the waters by saying \u2018we have it\u2019. Let them publish all of them and tell us who the lead consultant was.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, government said it did not have the documents when the Committee demanded it before the deal was passed by Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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