News:
August 23, 2017
Minister for Defence and Member of Parliament for Bimbila in the Northern region, Dominic Nitiwul has charged the Ministry`s Audit Committee to retrieve some seven hundred thousand dollars lost through unexecuted projects.
He assured that the money will be retrieved from the military and reported back to Parliament accordingly.
The Minister said this when his outfit appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to respond to infractions raised against the Ministry by the 2015 Auditor General`s report.
According to the report four contractors were awarded contracts to perform and 700,00 dollars had been outstanding with them for no work done.
Mr Nitiwul assured the committee of his personal determination to ensure that that money is recovered as quickly as possible.
“They will use strategies to ensure that is done so we can report back to Parliament and say we have recovered that money“ he said.
The case, he said has been reported to the police, EOCO and all bodies that needed to be involved to help retrieve the money for the state.
The Ghana Armed Forces between 2006 and 2009 awarded the seven hundred thousand dollar contract to some 4 contractors who failed to execute the contracts. Several efforts to retrieve the contract sums have however proved futile.
By Christian Kpesese/ghanamps.com