From left: Richard Obeng, Bright Acheampong and Emmanuel Asigri<\/strong><\/p>\nThe correspondence from one of the sacked Deputy Chief Executive
\nOfficers of the National Youth Authority (NYA) to the President has unsealed
\nthe can of worms at the state agency.<\/p>\n
Richard Obeng Joojo Obeng aka Rocky could not have exposed any
\nbetter the rot at the state agency than \u201cmanagement minutes and internal
\npayment documents clearly show that I and a few good people have, indeed, held
\nand taken the strongest possible opposition to the NYA-Prefos streetlight training
\nengagements.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even as Mr.Obeng distanced himself from the breaches which clouded
\nthe operations of the NYA, he unwittingly endorsed the need for the action which
\nthe President took. <\/p>\n
Considered as another action yet taken by the President in response to
\na glaring case of official impropriety, the Chief Executive Officer of the NYA,
\nEmmanuel Sin-Nyet Asagiri Signet, and his two deputies\u2012 Bright K. Acheampong
\nand Mr. Obeng\u2012 were fired last week.<\/p>\n
It follows in the heels of the action the President took against the
\nCEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) when a documentary titled
\n\u2018Contracts For Sale\u2019 by Manasseh Azure Awuni exposed alleged conflict of
\ninterest which are currently a subject of investigation by anti-graft agencies.<\/p>\n
In setting the records straight, the former deputy CEO stated in his
\nacceptance letter that \u201cI have no hand in the recently reported procurement
\nviolations at NYA.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cI refused to ever approve any payments intended
\nto that company (Prefos). I did not approve the over one million and eight hundred
\nthousand Ghana Cedis (GH\u00a2 1.8 million).\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that he actually stopped the payment voucher covering the transaction
\nand kept the document, which he added, is still in his possession. He could not,
\nhowever, explain why in spite of his \u2018blockade\u2019 of the payment voucher a cheque
\nwas still written, saying that \u201cI leave it to the team of investigators and
\npossibly prosecutors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suggesting A Bid <\/strong><\/p>\nHe claimed to have told the Director of Procurement to consider
\nopening a bid for the transaction if he should be part of the arrangement.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether with my colleague Deputy in charge of Operations, I
\nproceeded to the Chief Executive Officer in his office and gave my professional
\nadvice which essentially cautioned him not to proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Refusal<\/strong><\/p>\nHe went to explain that since his advice was ignored, he decided not
\nto append his approval to the transaction. <\/p>\n
The victim of the NYA anomalies became philosophical when he said, \u201cI
\nam happy that I discharged my duties with the highest level of patriotism and
\nintegrity and didn\u2019t bother even if it meant becoming a victim of collective
\naction such as this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer For Justice<\/strong><\/p>\nHe is longing for an expedited investigation so that \u201cthe truth will
\nbecome prominent for all to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Obeng is looking forward to the sanctioning of all who
\ncontributed to the mess, which as he put it, \u201chas dented the image of the
\ngovernment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other Victims<\/strong><\/p>\nIt is not known whether his colleagues would be bold to release
\ntheir versions of what transpired at the NYA and eventually claimed their
\nappointments so ignobly. <\/p>\n
Procurement Breach <\/strong><\/p>\nThe procurement breaches in the awarding of street light contract to
\na private company made it to the media and causing much discomfort to
\ngovernment. <\/p>\n
The NYA CEO was given the option to resign but that not forthcoming,
\nthe President directed the application of the last resort-dismissal. <\/p>\n
Termination Letters<\/strong><\/p>\nAll three NYA bosses received termination letters written on Tuesday,
\nSeptember 3 and signed by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah,
\nunder whose ministry the NYA operates.<\/p>\n
The letter which was copied to the Vice President, the Chief of
\nStaff, Secretary to the President, Board Chairperson of NYA, as well as the
\nDirector of Technical Projects at NYA, made reference to their respective
\nappointments in February and April 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cI regret to inform you that the President has terminated your appointment,\u201d the letters read and added that \u201cYou are directed to hand over your office to Mr. Emmanuel Anaman-Mensah, Director of Technical Projects of the authority, and proceed to collect any terminal benefits or facilities due you under relevant law.\u201d<\/p>\n
By A.R. Gomda<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left: Richard Obeng, Bright Acheampong and Emmanuel Asigri The correspondence from one of the sacked Deputy Chief Executive Officers of the National Youth Authority (NYA) to the President has unsealed the can of worms at the state agency. Richard Obeng Joojo Obeng aka Rocky could not have exposed any better the rot at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":699282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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