Pressure group OccupyGhana is demanding the immediate prosecution of persons involved in the Smarttys bus re-branding scandal.
Addressing the press in Accra on Wednesday a leading member of OccupyGhana, Ace Ankomah said they have presented a 20-paged dossier to the Attorney General, the leadership of Parliament and other stakeholders in the country to ensure that the GHc3.5 million is also retrieved.
It will be recalled that a revelation on branding of 116 new Chinese Huanghai buses which cost the country GHc 3.6 million caused public outrage. A leaked Attorney General’s investigation report implied that the contract with Smarttys concluded before the procurement process started an action that violated the nation’s procurement laws.
The public backlash led to the resignation of the then Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor. The excess payment was detected by a fact finding committee set up by the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah. The committee’s report recommended that Smarttys should refund half of the amount which was an over-payment.
The group is also calling for criminal prosecution of the offenders arguing on grounds of issuing a false certificate ‘that warrant falsely certified that the request for payment was in respect of work done involving the Railway Development Authority for expenditure on railway transport, trains; breach of provisions of the Public Procurement Act.
Source: citifmonline.com
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and who is going to do this prosecution? waste our resources again in the name of prosecution. havent we seen how the woyome case has been so handled so far? my ple like the Lord said "seek first the kingdom of God and all other things shall be added". Mr Amidu's version, "let us vote for a new president in other to be able to retrieve our lost moneys". let us change this corrupt govt that is destroying our nation first and all other things will follow. does anyone else understands mahama's usain bolt sign or only me? he is telling us that with him as president our monies will continue to fly into the sky without wings. let us change him now bcos he has given us too many signs to know that he and his gang will continue to milk the nation until there is nothing left to steal and we cant ignore those signs. vote for change
Fellow Ghanaians, there are more prosecutions to be done so let's all focus to change NDC government first, after that all the prosecutions will follow. One at a time.As for Dzifa Attivor and her accomplices, only time will tell. Thanks to politics of dishonesty, Dzifa Attivor now has money to be able to afford brand new KIA cars for her children.
PEACEFM ONLINE,,,,DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS.... YOUR KWAME SEFA KAYI AND HIS MEDIA KABAL ARE BEHIND THIS USE.LE.SS CALL... SO TELL HIM,, IF HE AND THE SO CALLED OCCUPY GHANA HAVE THE BALLS,, THEY SHOULD TAKE THE FIRST INITIATIVE. SUCH BATTLES ARE FOUGHT IN THE COURTS AND NOT FORUM HELD BY OPPOSITION PROPAGANDA MACHINERY. IF OCCUPY GHANA CARES TO KNOW,,, SMARTYS HAS HONORED ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS,, AS FAR AS THE DEAL IS CONCERNED. AND IF THEY HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH IT,, ANY EEDIOOT CAN GO TO COURT. EVEN TO FILE FOR A PRO BONO.