{"id":690603,"date":"2019-08-24T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T13:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>SUSPENDED! AB Adjei<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE BOARD of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has welcomed the\ndirectives of President Akufo-Addo for the office of the Special Prosecutor to\ninvestigate alleged procurement misconduct a"},"modified":"2019-08-24T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T13:39:15","slug":"we-back-akufo-addo-to-probe-ppa-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/24\/we-back-akufo-addo-to-probe-ppa-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"We Back Akufo-Addo To Probe PPA Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>SUSPENDED! AB Adjei<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE BOARD of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has welcomed the<br \/>\ndirectives of President Akufo-Addo for the office of the Special Prosecutor to<br \/>\ninvestigate alleged procurement misconduct against the suspended CEO of the<br \/>\nAuthority, Adjenim Boateng Adjei.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued yesterday, the PPA board declared its<br \/>\npreparedness to cooperate with the investigations.<\/p>\n<p>It said upon conclusion of the investigations instituted by the<br \/>\nPresident, \u201cthe role of the board of the PPA in granting of approvals for<br \/>\nrestricted tendering and single source procurement in accordance with Sections<br \/>\n38, 40 and 41 respectively of the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663) as<br \/>\namended will be understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement indicated that the conclusion of the investigation would<br \/>\nfurther show that the PPA board does not influence tender processes conducted<br \/>\nin accordance with Act 663 as amended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, we are optimistic that it becomes clearer to the<br \/>\npublic that the board does not have any control over the selection of<br \/>\nsuppliers, contractors and consultants for goods, works and services presented<br \/>\nby procurement entities in their applications for approval for restricted and<br \/>\nsingle source procurement processes,\u201d it indicated.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the investigations would not disrupt the operations of<br \/>\nthe PPA.<\/p>\n<p>The beleaguered PPA CEO was suspended on Thursday by the President<br \/>\nover alleged procurement misconduct which has generated a lot of national<br \/>\ndiscussions.<\/p>\n<p>A letter signed by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Presidency,<br \/>\nlast Thursday said the suspension \u201cfollows the broadcast of allegations<br \/>\nmade against him in an investigative documentary conducted by Manasseh Azuri<br \/>\nAwuni titled \u2018Contracts For Sale\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It said President Akufo-Addo has \u201csubsequently referred the<br \/>\nallegations involving conflict of interest to the Commission on Human Rights<br \/>\nand Administrative Justice and those relating to potential acts of corruption<br \/>\nto the Office of Special Prosecutor for their prompt action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, in an expos\u00e9 titled<br \/>\n\u2018Contracts For Sale\u2019, was able to reveal that Talent Discovery Limited (TDL), a<br \/>\ncompany incorporated in June 2017 and has links with the PPA boss, won a number<br \/>\nof government contracts through restrictive tendering.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist also reported that the company was engaged in selling<br \/>\ncontracts. Undercover encounters with the General Manager of the Company,<br \/>\nThomas Amoah, revealed that the company was selling a GH\u00a222.3 million road<br \/>\ncontract to K-Drah Enterprise, a fake company Manasseh used for the<br \/>\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n<p>This contract was awarded to B-Molie Limited, a company Mr. Amoah<br \/>\nsaid was a sister company of TDL.<\/p>\n<p>The company also had for sale a Ministries of Works &amp; Housing<br \/>\ncontract to construct a concrete drain in Santa Maria in Accra, as well as a<br \/>\ncontract to build a one-storey dormitory block in the Asante Akim North<br \/>\nDistrict.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation has rekindled heated political debate as far as the<br \/>\nfight against corruption in the country is concerned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emile Short <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A former head of the Commission on Human Rights &amp; Administrative<br \/>\nJustice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short, waded into the debate on what<br \/>\nconstitutes conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the 1992 Constitution of Ghana has neither defined<br \/>\nthe meaning nor scope of conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Short said on Adom FM in Accra yesterday that \u201cthe Conduct<br \/>\nof Public Officers Bill 2013\u201d, which explains what constitutes conflict of<br \/>\ninterest is yet to be passed by Parliament into law.<\/p>\n<p>He said the time has come for Ghana to define what constitutes a<br \/>\nconflict of interest situation and related offences such as gift taking and<br \/>\nassets declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Short mentioned that this has been a battle the Ghana<br \/>\nAnti-corruption Coalition has been involved in since 2013, it was yet to make<br \/>\nprogress.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ghana Anti-corruption campaign has been calling on Parliament<br \/>\nto pass this Bill as quickly as possible because it is a very critical and an important<br \/>\npiece of legislation in the fight against corruption,\u201d Mr. Short said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that that CHRAJ has, over the years, been relying on a draft guideline the organisation did to determine complaints of conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUSPENDED! 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