Former Chief of Staff under the NPP administration, Kwadwo Mpiani who was implicated by government for abrogating the ISOFOTON deal has told Citi News it will be wrong on the part of government to pay ISOFOTON�s claim of the 1.3 million dollars.
Mr. Mpiani, described the accusations that he arbitrarily terminated a contract between government and ISOFOTON as untrue stating that �no individual in government can just get up and say I am abrogating a contract.�
Government and officials of the Spanish company ISOFOTON have accused the former Chief of Staff of abrogating the contract without due procedure.
But speaking to Citi News, Mr. Mpiani mentioned that ISOFOTON did not have any contract with the government.
Explaining his role in the matter, he stated that �my duty in that whole thing was that I just wrote letters informing all the ministries, departments and divisions which were beneficiaries to this facility telling them which Spanish company had been selected for the job. I did that because I was the chairman of a committee appointed by the President to look into the distribution of the money.�
According to him, he discharged this duty on behalf of the committee and government hence; it cannot be described as abrogating a contract.
He also challenged his accusers to produce a document which clearly indicates that he, Mr. Mpiani, personally and single handedly abrogated the contract with the Spanish company.
�If there is a document where I have signed that this contract you have entered into, I have abrogated the contract then you can hold me responsible�, he said.
Kwadwo Mpiani further opined that �I believe any payment to them from my point of view is wrong. To pay any money to anybody on this particular contract is wrong.�
But the local representative of ISOFOTON, Anane Adjei Forson insists Mr. Mpiani cannot run away from blame. He told Citi News Kwadwo Mpiani arbitrary terminated the contract.
He mentioned that �The matter has gone to court and we are demanding our money. Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani illegally contracted an agent and that company was given the responsibility to select Spanish companies to come and do the job.�
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