Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Wednesday, March 01 , 2017
More names of people who acquired state vehicles in the
Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration are popping up.
About 250 people, mostly ministers of state, appointees,
chiefs, journalists and secretaries, were said to have grabbed some of these
state vehicles after the assets were ‘privately’ auctioned for pea-nuts,
without any public participation.
Heated
Debate
The incident is generating heated political debate with some
suggesting cynically that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government should take
steps to push for the repeal of the law that allows politicians to acquire
state properties including vehicles.
Ex-president John Mahama had outlawed the process, but was
the first to violate it, opening the floodgate for his appointees to follow
suit.
The list detailed how the NDC government under President Mahama
had virtually dashed about 250 vehicles belonging to the state to its
appointees and other staffers within three weeks.
The mass sale of the vehicles, majority of which were
offered at ridiculous prices, was done between December 23, 2016 and January 7,
2017 in the period of the transition when the NDC had been heavily defeated by
the New Patriotic Party and was on its way out of government.
It has turned out that some of the vehicles did not qualify
to be auctioned under the law and some of the appointees that benefited from
the auction did not qualify either, under the rules.
Clear
Breach
DAILY
GUIDE currently has a list of all NDC bigwigs who benefited from
the auction and the document explains how some of the vehicles which were
barely two years old, were sold in clear breach of the law.
The document titled, “Auctioned vehicles for the period
December 2016 to January 2017,” indicates date of approval, vehicle
registration number, vehicle type, chassis number, present owner/address, new
owner/address as well as issuing office.
Most of the vehicles were in the name of the Office of the
President while a couple of them were in the names of some ministries and
agencies.
Strangely, some of the beneficiaries had long left the
Mahama administration but managed to grab some of the vehicles.
Big
Names
Former sports minister and immediate-past MP for Ayawaso
North, Dr. Mustapha Ahmed and Emelia Arthur, a leading NDC member, both grabbed
2013 Toyota Camry while Samuel Yaw Adusei, a former Deputy Minister of Water
Resources Works and Housing, got 2014 Toyota Camry.
Babanlamine Sadat, Special Assistant to Mahama on Zongo
affairs and Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, a presidential staffer, had 2014 Toyota Camry
as well as Mawusi Lorlornyo Dzirasa, a secretary at the Office of the President,
grabbing 2014 Nissan Teana.
Kofi Abbew Nkrumah grabbed 2014 VW Passat and the present
owner has been recorded as Students Loan Trust Fund, while Christopher Tulasi
went home with a 2014 Nissan NP 300/UP from the Ministry of Employment and
Labour Relations.
Raymond Hiame took away a 2014 Nissan Sentra while
Antoinette Kailey Ankrah also grabbed a 2014 Toyota Avensis with Baba Jamal, a
former deputy minister, taking home a 2012 Toyota Avensis.
Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo, a former Deputy Minister for
Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations, grabbed a 2010 Toyota Avensis
with Henry Seidu Danaa, a former Minister for Chieftaincy, getting a 2013
Toyota Camry and Joseph Boateng taking home a 2014 Nissan Sentra.
Anthony Obeng Afrane grabbed a 2015 Toyota Corolla from the
Office of the President while Kale Cezario grabbed a 2013 Toyota Camry, with
Benjamin Fiakuna taking home a 2014 Nissan Sentra.
More
Names
Benjamin Affisah took home a 2014 Toyota Camry while former
National Security Advisor, William K. Aboah, annexed a 2013 Toyota Camry;
Benedicta Micah also took home a 2014 Toyota Avensis.
Lydia Abi and Issah Ibrahim both grabbed a 2014 Toyota Camry
and a 2014 Toyota Corolla respectively while both former Central Regional
Ministers George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan and Aquinas Tawiah Quansah got a 2013
Toyota Camry each, with Rosetta Olympio, a special assistant to Lordina Mahama,
grabbed a 2014 Toyota Avensis.
Sandow Seidu Kpebu, another aide to Lordina Mahama, also grabbed
a 2014 Toyota Camry; Francis Nkrumah had a 2015 Toyota Avensis and Kyei John
grabbed a 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser from
the Ghana Shipper’s Authority while Samuel Ofori Boateng sent home with a 2014
BMW 740i.
Magnus Jacob Yama Tampuri got a 2014 Toyota Fortuner from
the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.
Chairperson of the Council of State whose tenure ended
recently, Cecilia Johnson, annexed a 2014 Toyota Camry while R. Kofi Nyantakyi took
a 2015 Hyundai Elantra home; Frank Annan took home a 2015 Toyota Avensis.
Alfred Amuzu grabbed a 2015 Hyundai Elantra from the Office
of the President with a former Chief Director at the Ministry of Petroleum,
Prof. T.M. Akabzaa, having a 2013 Toyota Camry; former Local Government
Minister, Collins Dauda, also took home a 2013 Toyota Camry.
Doreen Annan took a 2014 Honda Civic from the Ministry of
Transport; Cosmos Dikro also took a 2014 Toyota Camry home while Alhaji
Alhassan Iddi grabbed a 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser - all from the same ministry -
with Isaac Kwaku Mintah taking home a 2014 Toyota Camry from the Energy
Commission.
Reverend Abraham Botchwey, former CEO of Korle-Bu Teaching
Hospital, grabbed a 2013 Toyota Camry while Mbui Roland Kofi went away with a
2014 Toyota Camry from the Ghana Revenue Authority; Philip Senyo Tsagli had a
2015 Toyota Camry.
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