Beware, Akufo-Addo is planning another “lootocratic” scheme – Ablakwa warns
North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (L) and President Akufo-Addo
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, has told Ghanaians to be alert and monitor the undertakings of the incumbent government led by President Akufo-Addo this year as the country nears the polls.
Mr Ablakwa, in a Facebook post, noted that President Akufo-Addo is planning a “lootocratic” scheme through single-source procurement regime just as he reportedly did four years ago.
“The Akufo-Addo/Bawumia single-source-procurement-regime will be planning similar “lootocratic” schemes,” he warned.
The MP sounded the alarm when he made public documents shedding light on the government’s spending patterns during the 2020 election year.
On January 17, Mr. Ablakwa shared a document from the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) detailing the procurement process for the construction of a 50-bed guest house in Tamale.
The document indicated that approval was granted to the Bank of Ghana to employ single sourcing, engaging Messrs De-Simone Limited for the final works on the project at a cost of GHC139 million.
Mr. Ablakwa raised concerns about what he perceives as an unhealthy inclination toward restricting tendering by the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison.
“The fresh documents in my possession show that Dr. Addison appears to have a hooliganistic appetite for single-source and restricted tendering so much so that NONE of the procurements under his watch have been competitive,” Mr Ablakwa wrote.
He added, “The venerable Togbe Afede XIV was obviously right when he wrote in his latest op-ed that the BoG has failed us.”
He recalled the times when President Akufo-Addo during his time in opposition condemned “single source procurements and argued that it was a veritable conduit for corruption.”
“Without principle and scruples, they are now the all-time champions of grand single source procurements.
“It is most instructive to note that payments for other infamous wasteful Akufo-Addo-legacy projects such as the US$450million National Cathedral fiasco and the US$222.7million BoG Head Office all commenced during the electioneering campaign of 2020,” he added.
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