The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is to investigate the allegation of corruption inside the award of street contracts as alleged by way of Professor Stephen Adei, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Speaking in a television interview final week, Prof Stephen Adei, who's additionally a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) stated he has facts to the impact that individuals looking for road contracts are told: "Road contracts could be given to you, supplied you pay 1 million prematurely…."
In a press announcement issued Monday, the Ministry of Roads and Highways stated, "These allegations are sudden as a minimum due to the fact the approaches main to the award of avenue contracts are open, transparent, competitive and according with the regulation."
"Given that the alleged behavior borders on the commission of crime in opposition to the Republic, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoato-Attah, has nowadays, twenty third October 2023, asked the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to completely check out the allegations," a press declaration signed and issued through Nasir Ahmad Yartey, Head of Public Relations stated.
Attached below is a replica of the press assertion issued through the Roads and Highways ministry
ALLEGATIONS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AWARD OF ROAD CONTRACTS
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has been interested in a video clip in circulation in the social media area in which Prof. Stephen Adei makes some allegations of corruption inside the public sector concerning the award of road contracts.
The allegation was made by means of Prof Stephen Adei, a former Rector of GIMPA in a television interview with TV3, a non-public tv station in Ghana.
In the said interview first aired on Friday 20th October 2023, Prof Adei alleges that he has records to the effect that men and women seeking road contracts are told: "Road contracts could be given to you, provided you pay 1 million prematurely…."
These allegations are unexpected at the least because the procedures leading to the award of road contracts are open, transparent, competitive and according to the regulation.
Given that the alleged conduct borders on the commission of crime in opposition to the Republic, the Minister of Roads and Highway, Kwasi Amoato-Attah, has nowadays, twenty third October 2023, requested the Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) to fully check out the allegations.
The Ministry desires to guarantee to the general public that it shall cooperate absolutely and help EOCO within the conduct of its research.
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