{"id":1139192,"date":"2022-07-01T10:43:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/01\/invisible-hands-want-me-out-of-office-embattled-deputy-minister\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T10:43:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:43:54","slug":"invisible-hands-want-me-out-of-office-embattled-deputy-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/01\/invisible-hands-want-me-out-of-office-embattled-deputy-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible hands want me out of office \u2013 Embattled Deputy Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hnet.com-image-8-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Hnet.com-image (8)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Deputy Sanitation Minister, Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, has alleged that some invincible hands and a senior member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) want him sacked.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that in the Upper West Region, there is a senior member of the party whose interest is to \u201cdestroy every potential of young people in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister has been embroiled in a scandal after a JoyNews expose \u2018Caught in Conflict\u2019 revealed a  linked to him had won government contracts during his tenure as Deputy Upper West Region Minister.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1297504666&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It further revealed how a  linked to Mr. Chinnia was registered in the names of his brother, cousin, and personal driver won government contracts at the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Batuowiisi Company Limited was set up in 2017 barely a month after his appointment and in the same year, won a 2.6 million cedi Planting for Food and Jobs contract.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"e8cuQCbjv-c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akufo-Addo&#039;s Minister caught in conflict? - Coming soon on JoyNews\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e8cuQCbjv-c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>They were again awarded a 12.6-million-cedi road contract in 2019 by the Upper West Region Coordinating Council.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a local radio station in Upper West, the Deputy Minister said he doesn\u2019t find it illegal for family members to apply for a contract at an institution where he is a public officer once it\u2019s within the law.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1297506961&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Chinnia, claims that so far as his family members are Ghanaians and go according to laws to do business, \u201cthey are allowed to do business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in the institution where I work, they (family members) can do business but the law requires me to take certain steps if my relations come to do business in the office where I work\u2026once they show interest in doing business there, if I happen to be a member of the tender committee who will award a contract, all what I need to do is declare my interest and recuse myself,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1297508335&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But, procurement expert Mr. Atta Bedu tells\u00a0<strong>JoyNews<\/strong>\u00a0there are procurement violations and possible conflict of interest issues in the matter that CHRAJ must investigate.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"U-YB8rItdeY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Faces Behind Fameye&#039;s Band (Nkyinkyim) - Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (1-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-YB8rItdeY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Sanitation Minister, Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, has alleged that some invincible hands and a senior member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) want him sacked. 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