Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency in the Upper East region, Hon. Edward Anambire Bawa is asking the NPP government to initiate investigations into the purchase of a property valued at $7.5 million by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
He says the purchase did not follow due process.
"Our investigations have further revealed that the property was not purchased but was leased to GNPC," he said.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained the amount for the property is $9.5 million and not $7.5 million as made to believe.
"There was suppose to be a committee and the deal approved by parliament before purchase, but parliament never heard of it until the said purchase.
"The president should investigate this day light thievery and corruption," he added.
Edward Bawa, who is a former consultant to the GNPC, added that the GNPC boss erred by not seeking parliamentary approval before the purchase.
“They started spending money when Parliament has not approved of it," he told Okay FM.
"Technically it is wrong because per the law, we have to approve of the expenditure before you spend it.
Secondly, this particular process did not go through the normal process of procurement.
"I do understand that for GNPC because of the fact that sometimes they have very high procurement activity, they have always indicated that their threshold for not going into the tender process is because of the fact that for them every small expenditure is in the millions of dollars,” he said.
But Dr. K.K. Sarpong has insisted that the deal was transparent.
In an interview on Accra-based Joy FM he said, “I had been connected with Global Haulage, but I must tell you that the transaction is above board, all valuation reports by relevant agencies went through the board of directors [and] the board of directors’ sub-committee on properties looked at it and recommended [its suitability] to the board,” he said.
According to him, he was not involved in negotiations for the deal because of conflict of interest concerns.
“Because of my experience [and] knowing that I have been related to Global Haulage, I never took part in the negotiations, and even the vendors themselves found it very difficult getting me to help them with the transaction,” the GNPC CEO stated.
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NDC is scared of what is coming so they want to impute corruption in anything at all,... even flat*ulence by their opponents. They're going to be prosecuted one by one. Double salary and bus branding disciples, etc. are all potential candidates for jail so hey are scared.
NDC TRYING hard to call corruption when there is NONE. They want to tell Ghanaian 'yen yinaaa abrope'. NEVER! CORRUPTION and NDC are twins, nobody can take it away from you!
ADONGOOOO. Do u read and understand what u read.
@ Pastor John, your comment has nothig to do with the subject matter. I really dont know what triggered this. All the same, I advice u to stick to your religion and respect that of others. May Allah forgive your ignorance and guide you onto a straight path
As for ndc, everything smacks of corruption. This is because that was exactly what they did in office. Even if they know the truth they still want to waste our ears. They are under the illusion that by singing and playing tantrums over the place they can come to power. We shall see come 2020. So far no policy alternatives from the NDC but just playing second fiddle and catch up. Let's leave these guys because they are in a work of their own. I dont blame them. If the SP were to be working well, there would not be calls on the President to investigate. There is no propaganda value in asking the SP to do his job well
Good job mr Bawa1!!!!!!!; What fulls does this KK Sarpong take Ghanaians for because simple business practice and the law should have told this Krook kk Sarpong that because he has some intrest in Global Haulage he should have done due dilligence and gone beyoud reasonable doubt by requesting and using the terms of proper procurement process to put the purchase unto a proper tender process besides what we do not know is whether the purchase is a leasehold purchase or standard freehold purchase because if it is for the former purchase then the price have been over over blown and price differene gone in the pockets of somebody people because at end of the term of the leasehold the property will revert back to Global haulage ; this means an investment robbery for life on the Ghanaian tax payer ; THIS is complete FRAUD !!!!!at the highest order and this idea that GNPC have very high procurement activity so the law should be bent is outright fraudulent practice .
WAS THERE ANY PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL FOR THE GNPC MONEY WHICH WAS AIR LIFTED TO BRAZIL IN 2014?
You all NDC's should give yourselves to police to be arrested because, you all NDC's are corrupt. you should give Ghanaians a break,NDC's are liars.
Nii, don't mind them they have lost their minds due to eating too much dog head infested with rabies ,couple with their humiliating huge defeat. I don't understand what enjoying Accra sea breeze has become of these people that they behaving like champion Atta. They all want to be heard up North that they are bragging in Accra, and what is this? if not just to make themselves relevant and popular to their people why are they coming out at any st*pid thing to show their ignor*nce? we down south are not taking them serious but because they don't mean us but their people in the north they don't have a second thought of what the topic is about then jumps in to show their incompetent best and ign*rance! by the time ndc realize their party has been turned into 2nd pnc failure because these people are making it unpopular and unattractive each day they open their mouth, the people get angry and irritating by their bluff.
"I do understand that for GNPC because of the fact that sometimes they have very high procurement activity, they have always indicated that their threshold for not going into the tender process is because of the fact that for them every small expenditure is in the millions of dollars,” he said. you know this yet you want to tag the man with corruption.