Former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, is expected to appear before Financial Forensic Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department Friday to answer questions on the $74 million waste bins contract.
Joy News investigations established that Julius Debrah was the one who initiated the contract, which was found to have been inflated by at least 31 million dollars or 130 million cedis.
Julius Debrah was the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development until he was appointed by President Mahama as his Chief of Staff in February 2015.
In November 2014, the Local Government Ministry under the watch of Julius Debrah awarded a contract for the supply of 155,000 waste bins at a cost of 24 million cedis.
The company supplied 100,500 waste bins because the ministry said it did not have the space to take delivery of the remaining 54,500 waste bins.
Joy News investigation has revealed that thousands of waste bins are left at assemblies across the country for destruction.
Till date the supplier is still waiting to supply the rest but the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development awarded a 74 million cedis to five companies to supply one million waste bins and 900 000 bin liners.
The contract was authorized by Julius Debrah and all the five companies single sourced for the contract belong to the Jospong Group of companies.
Joy News investigation revealed that the cost of the contract may have been highly inflated.
For instance, a piece of bin liner at the Jospong Group costs less than one cedi but the Jospong Companies were to supply to the state at 67 cedis a piece.
The 240 liter waste bin costs 150 cedis at the Jospong Group. With a transportation cost of 20 cedis per waste bin, each bin should 170 cedis, but the companies are supply to the state at 258 cedis a bin.
Julius Debrah did not only write to authorize the award of the contract but he also wrote a letter to the Finance Ministry directing him to make provision in the 2017 budget under the Plastic Waste Recycling Fund to cater for the contract.
Also appearing at the CID is Alhaji Amin Draman, a former Director of Administration at the Local Government Ministry. Both are expected to answer questions on their role in the deal.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Oh my friend the Julius stand firm. God be with you okay?
Jail those B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S and stop the long talk NPP
GHANAIANS KEEP FALLING FOR NPP AND THEIR CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT AND IT'S OFFICIALS. YOU SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS FACING GHANAIANS. RECENT FAILURE OF THE ECG IN SERVING IT'S CUSTOMERS...... CHARACTER ASSASSINATION WON'T EVER HELP YOU . WE ARE NOT ***barred word*** TO BE BELIEVING EVERYTHING THIS OUTLET BRINGS UP....
Otolio, who are you talking to ***barred word*** man? Who should bring what to do what? Do you have a special court for that your ***barred word*** ndc Akronfuo party? If you had evidence for what you saying your case wouldn't have been thrown out when you were in power, if you couldn't win a single case in power how can you win in opposition? Gyimie de3 ndc were born damn fo*ls. What is the sense in what this Otolio has written? Aaaah Ndcfuo agyimi doodo. Ghanaians had patience to have accommodated these f0000ls for 8 years. Never again
god will punish all this criminals , n,d,c minister who loot ghana people monies , they must all go to prison, gh pp
Who can tell me one single person in the NDC who is honest? I pity the so-called footsoldiers who are following this Satanic Party. They came. They created. They looted. And they shared. Now, they are behaving like angels of light. The NPP will build it, and the NDC will destroy it. They have the Ewes, Northerners, Muslims and Brongs on their side.
Let the courts determine the case and then Ghanaians will also decide if we have to even vote for an NDC MP let alone its presidential candidate. Shine your eyes Ghanafo.
That Debrah guy looks dangerous and corrupt. His behaviour, action and in actions during the 2016 elections campaign speaks for itself. Please there must be a change in the way we do things. If he's found culpable, the law must deal with. And to the current government officials, you must be careful with your dealings.
WHY ARE PEOPLE JUMPING THE GUN? YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THE MAN ADMITTING THAT HE HAS DONE ANY WRONG. THE COURT HAS NOT SAID SO. SO WHY THE FAST RUSH INSULTING THE WHOLE NDC PARTY JUST FOR POLITICAL POINTS. REMEMBER ASAMOAH BOATENG AND OTHERS WERE SENT TO COURT THE NDC AND IF YOU SEE THE CASES IN ITS FACE VALUE PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WILL BE JAILED FAST. BUT THE COURT ASKED THEM TO GO HOME AND REST. SOME ONE ISSUED PROMISING NOTES TO THE BANKS BUT WHAT DID WE HEAR IF YOU LIKE LETS GO BRING ALL THOSE CASES AGAIN AND LETS SEE. LETS NOT RUSH IN PAINTING PEOPLE WITH A BAD COLOUR BEFORE THE FINAL OUTCOME. AFTER ALL WOYOME IS STILL FIGHTING ON ONE FULL YEAR WHEN SONGS WERE COMPOSED IN THIS COUNTRY. DURING THE POLLS IF YOU ASKED ANY NPP MEMBER WHERE THEY WILL GET MONEY TO DO ALL THOSE PROMISES THEY WILL TELL YOU BUT THE WOYOME MONEY IS THERE? NOW LET THEM BRING IT?
when it is coming then it is doing. Because of all these revelations they quickly want to stay in power by hook or crook but the battle was the LORD's. God crushed their link with the electoral commission for the commissioner to hold a press conference telling Ghanaians that their system has been compromised but could not tell us who was the culprit up to now. NDC did not collate any results banging their hopes on the Commission but because the people of Ghana prayed,GOD set confusion among them hence they were not in one accord. Koku and Asiedu should tell Ghanaians based on what collation that they told Ghanaians that they were in a comfortable lead.