The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei has explained that the contract with Super Tech Limited (STL) was abrogated because it was initially awarded with no price break down before she took over as chairperson.
She explained the initial contract was signed against the 2016 budget of the Commission, which was unknown at the time and that the two Deputy Chairpersons signed two contracts with STL on 6 May 2015 for US$22.3m (BVR) and US$16.4m (BVD) respectively
Responding to a petition filed at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) by some “concerned staff” of the EC asking for investigations into her leadership, Mrs Osei said when she took over, the finance and procurement departments of the Commission had no knowledge of the execution of the said contracts with STL and that there were many breaches of law in connection with the contract,
She said when she initiated steps to rectify the contract award process after consulting a consultant, STL submitted a new proposal for the services at a quote of US$7.2m and therefore the contract was $7.2 million and not more than $21m as claimed by the petitioners who have also asked President Akufo-Addo to initiate steps to remove her as EC boss.
According to Mrs Osei, it was interesting that, STL has not complained about the abrogation of the contracts but persons, who schemed to cause loss to the state, flout procurement laws with impunity, have turned around to accuse another of acting illegally.
She said when the first contracts were signed, no one in the Commission was involved in the negotiations.
“Quite surprisingly, it is now alleged that their involvement would have resulted in better pricing for the Commission. Was the Chairperson to seek the input of the same deputies who had admitted lack of knowledge in procurement matters and who had earlier failed to follow procurement laws and hastily signed such major contracts?”
Source: Daily Graphic
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Now am convinced this EC issues is purely internal rift between the commissioners at the top of commission and it has nothing to do with NPP. It's even more serious the allegations they are leveling against each other. This is all coming to light because the NDC lost the elections, if they had won this issues will never have come out. Its also Very strange because these commissioners fighting were appointed by one president JDM, but are now strongly against each other, this means the NDC not bring politics into this. Same must all of us not bring politics into corruption related issues cos it's against GH but not these political parties.
Indeed in the regime of Mahama Corruption became the order of the day. Corruption became rampart every where because there was nobody to check and punish corruption. EC Boss certainly broke the procurement laws for chop chop. The deputies noticing that also began to do their own chop chop but that was considered insubordinate because the Boss thinks she alone had the right to chop and chop. it is therefore clear that there should be overhauling at EC. We cannot keep any corrupt official at EC whether the Boss or the Deputies. EC is so a sensitive place to be stuffed with corrupt officials. we cannot dig our own graves to cause our own death. Serious investigation is required to purge the corruption of EC. Let us all support the president to use the right procedure to clean and determine the proper conditions for our electoral management.
GHANA WOULD HAVE TOTALLY COLLAPSED FLAT IF GOD HAD NOT REMOVED MAHAMA FROM OFFICE. THE CORRUPTION THAT IS HAPPENING AT EC, PARLIAMENT IMMIGRATION AND MANY DEPARTMENT IS ONLY AND ICEBERG OF THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OF MAHAMA. THE ADMINISTRATION OF MAHAMA TURN TO BECOME DI NA MENSO MENDI BI. CHOP AN LET ME CHOP. THANKS TO THE MOST HIGH FOR TAKING AWAY FROM US THE GARGANTUAN CORRUPT PRESIDENT. JJ IS NOW VERY GUILTY FOR KILLING PEOPLE WHO BORROWED FIFTY CEDIS AND HE IS LIVING TO WITNESS IN HIS OWN BABY PARTY AN UNCOMPARABLE CORRUPTION .