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Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, says the Akufo-Addo led administration used procurement violations as a cover-up to dismiss Madam Charlotte Osei from office.
Charlotte Osei was found to have breached procurement laws in the award of several contracts at the Electoral Commission.
A report by the Chief Justice's Committee; set to investigate complaints against three top officials of the EC (Charlotte Osei, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amakwah), indicated that the EC Chairperson breached procurement laws in the award of several contracts, prior to the 2016 elections. This led to her removal from office.
But Allotey Jacobs believes otherwise.
To him, the ruling government did not want Madam Osei as the EC chairperson while in opposition, and thus consider the procurement related issues as an opportune time to kick her out, since there are several other government officials who have also violated procurement laws but are still at post.
“The NPP while in opposition said all sorts of things about Charlotte Osei…now they have removed her from office…I describe the removal as kaakaamotobi concert. The removal of Charlotte Osei has been done in a bad faith…there some people who have engaged in procurement violations….and they are still in office. But because it is Charlotte Osei she has been removed…” he stated while contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM morning show 'Kokrokoo', Wednesday.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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She was appointed to the EC to make MONEY and become VERY RICH and do the BIDDING of NDC.She is caught violating PROCUREMENT PROCESSES and points to CORRUPTION.That apart,she is arrogant,and very incompetent like Mahama who appointed her.She will be remembed for that.
Kbee: I am surprised at your statement: "..A woman who is corrupt...". Dont we have Agyemang Konadu Rawlings walking free?
No wonder some of you NDC ministers took double salary for years and when they were caught are begging to make refunds....... Procurement violation is corruption and cannot be considered mere. That was the main reason Mahama run to IMF for bail out......
I pray that this will be a lesson unto appointees and chief directors who exploit the system to desist. We are in a hunt for their inactions which is causing this country ill
The woman is at least $6M richer, she is happy, she is not complaining, and you are saying all kinds of ru,b,bish. No further comment.
As a lawyer, did she need to be minded of laws?
Absolute TRASH. When we have cotton wool brains like you type in politics, Ghana will never progress. The EC chair used the same breach of procurement procedures to indict her deputies so what is wrong with her falling on the same axe. Does the NDC have a rigging agenda in 2020 for which her removal will block it? Why are you guys also not complaining about the removal of the other 2. The complaint about the EC chair for some time now is about her arrogance and that I has led to her violating the procurement rules and should face the music. No one is above the law not even the president.
To the NDC Charlotte Osei is a competent and upright and decent person that we should all respect. I personally knew in 2015, just after her appointment that she will have problems and her impeachment was a matter of days. I hate to see her face and I thank God for hearing my prayers - all right and decent thinking ghanaians know that Charlotte is too naive for the possition. I hear she is beautiful so the president should have pardoned her - tweaaaaa Viviam Lamptey is 10 time more beautiful than Charlotte Osei but Mahama sacked her. I want Charlotte Osei to know that even if the president had ignored the petition the staff of the EC woould have sacked her through industrial action. She should keep quiet for she is a disgrace to womanhood. A woman who is corrupt !!!!!!!