Eleven contracts awarded to the sister-in-law of the Chief Executive of the National Lotteries Authority, Kofi Osei Ameyaw, has raised questions of conflict of interest.
The CEO approved the contracts worth more than half a million cedis to Rama Hassan to supply end-of-year packages.
All the contracts were dated November 29, 2017, and awarded to Rama Hassan who is the sole proprietor of Ram’s Kitchen to buy more than a 1,000 bags of rice, canned drinks, corned beef and tinned tomatoes.
The NLA boss is not allowed by the Procurement Act to approve contracts more than 100,000 cedis. The highest of the 11 contracts is 99,470 cedis.
Speaking to Corruption Watch in an interview, Rama Hassan insists she won the contracts on merit and not based on her family ties to Kofi Osei Ameyaw.
“I heard about the bid process. I applied for it…I went through the process…I got the contract, free and fair”, she maintained.
Her company is no longer operating three months after executing the NLA contracts, Corruption Watch has found.
In a reaction on Citi FM, the NLA Chief Executive defended the award of the contracts to his sister-in-law and suggested the law does not forbid a relative of a public office holder from doing business.
“I don’t preside over the process of procurement. People just go around and make preposterous allegations.
“It is about time Ghanaians stop all this hullabaloo about who is a relative and who is not a relative.
“If a company …bids for a project competitively….and somebody wins, I don’t think it is conflict of interest. People don’t even understand what conflict of interest means,” he stressed.
A procurement expert, Godfrey Ewool has raised concerns that separate purchasing orders were made for food items from a single supplier.
He believes it would have been reasonable if multiple suppliers were involved.
The procurement expert said to establish an actual conflict of interest it must be determined that an evaluation of the various bids was done.
The report of the officer who carried out the evaluation ought to be examined to understand the basis for which Ram’s Kitchen was selected.
“If it is established that there was no proper evaluation…then we have a case of conflict of interest,” he said.
He said the Chief Executive should have recused himself from the processes leading to the award.
Source: myjoyonline.com
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
Grabing grabing NPP party
Hon My Lord Amidu go for these guys. #firethemforus. Charlie don't leave these cr-ooks no matter where they belong in the political divide. GH must definitely work again. Process my foot Mr. Ameyaw. Which can process dey give 11 contracts to one person. Ebei, is the company a supersonic contracting entity? ye koom wo ho.
Stealing by NPP appointees is in line with president 's Ghana Beyond Aid vision. please allow them to steal because Nana's appointees need big stomachs and lips to help achieve Ghana' Beyond ***barred word*** by 2020
Don't mind them . Get your money and retire because your other NPP thiefs in other government institutions are grabbing from all angles . Do not look back . Give the next contract to your wife to supply NPP branded nationalLotteries one district one NPP ***barred word*** T shirts. This will bee in line with Old man president Ghana Beyond family government agenda
National Lotteries cannot pay wins and they are awarding contracts. Check from Ameyaw how long it takes to pay winners their prize money. They take a whooping 11.25% of the prize money and cannot pay weeks on end. How can they compete with banker to banker operators? The manual days were better and payment s were prompt.
Maasa; WHY DO WE NEED END OF YEAR PACKAGES ? NANA ADDO SHOULD PUT A STOP THIS BULL >>>>>>SHEEEET !!!!!!; because to me there are villages in the north without proper water ; hospitals without medicines; hospitals without ambulance and we have these lazy civil servants doing nothing and the been awarded free gifts for doing nothing ; WHAT IS WRONG WITH US GHANAIANS WE ALWAYS GET THINGS THE WROBG WAY ROUND : WHAT IS NANA ADDO DOING ABOUT THIS : HE SHOULD BAN SUCH SERVICE PROVISION PRONTO !!!!!!!
The clearing agent president will step in and clear him
Yes every Ghanaian is entitled to a contract irrespective of who is in charge. If truly the said lady is a sister in law to the CEO and was awarded (11) eleven contracts within that short intervals then there's is something unethical. How can this happen? To be franks some of these Ashantes are so greedy that I can just understand the altitude of the educated and uneducated ones. Infact, these guys are making NPP and Nana unpopular. Why?
What is this so called expert saying, that NO gov't appointee, family or friends should be given or engaged in any Public Business ?? even though the person is qualifers and has gone though the right processes and a full blown Ghanaian ? Massa this is water yam logic.
You are the one who is confuse and not the president . You seen not to understand the word BIDDING PROCESS go and find the meaning and stop making mediocre comment here wai.