The Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has accused the current management of Bulk Oil and Transportation of inflating the price of its twin tower office contract.
According to him, the program which cost $39 million budgeted by the previous NDC administration has been increased to a$78 million for the office under the NPP government.
“We have however noted from recent developments based on documents available to us that the original contract which was valued at $39,000,000.00 (Thirty-Nine Million Dollars) ballooned to a whopping $78,000,000.00 if the two-tower building is accounted for based on the current cost of the single unit valued at $39,000,000.00 (Thirty-Nine Million Dollars). This means the building has been inflated by 100% over the original contract.
"We say so because we have noted that the current Management of BOST decided to acquire only one of the twin unit building due to the precarious financial position of the company, however it applied to the Public Procurement Authority for approval to vary the original contract for the single unit from the original price of $19,500,000.00 per unit to a new cost of $24,000,000.00,” he said.
Addressing a press conference, John Jinapor called for an immediate independent investigation into the alleged scandal.
“It is our hope that for the first time, the President will gather the courage to cause an independent investigation into this scandal which is of monumental proportion, and punish his officials whose negligence, recklessness, and complicity have led us into this huge mess,” he further noted.
John Jinapor added that anything short of an independent investigation shall be rejected and denounced by the NDC in parliament and the good people of Ghana.
He also indicated that the minority will be vigilant and resolute in their quest to ensure that the continuous “looting and plundering of the resources of BOST”, which is their collective strategic national asset is brought to an immediate halt.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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stop this ***barred word*** your lies has been shot down by the deputy finance minister
Ndc is always cooking and distributing propaganda for power because they know most Ghanaians are too emotional and do not read for details.
John Jinapor, i thought you direct brother is the other Jinapor in the elephant team.Under the umbrella you got your share of the booty, why deny your blood brother to also get his share under the elephant. Please allow him, after all what ever you sent home will not be in party colours. The bank of Ghana notes do not have party colours inscribed in them. The money is " chopable " whether it finds itself in NDC or NPP hands.
This ***barred word*** john jinapo was exposed and disgusted at asempa OB program they're trying all they can to conjoin NPP but this is not going to happen
NDC ***barred word*** trying hard to destroy others. We will not fall for your lies. What was the true cost of the Kwame Nkumah Interchange the corrupt John Ford Mahama constructed? Massa get away and go and drink your pito and leave us alone. P(NDC) ruled this country for close to 30 years and destroyed everything.
These are part of the LIES package they have decided to throw them in out there to confuse the uninformed. They did same in 2008. NEVER AGAIN!
A criminal always think people are stealing. Account for the fourteen power purchase agreements in which one is causing the country $ 1 billion every year.