It appears the suspended Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Authority, Adjenim Boateng Adjei has been the subject of scrutiny and investigations in the past as records suggests a 2003 Justice Adade committee set up to investigate a report by the Chief Internal Auditor Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in 2003 recommended he should be prosecuted for misusing public funds.
According to the report, Mr Ajenim Boateng Adjei and 3 others were recommended prosecution for misusing “an amount of GHC72.5m so they should be investigated and prosecuted for causing financial loss to the state.”
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, August 22, 2019 suspended from office, with immediate effect, Mr. Adjei after he was unmasked in an exposé over the alleged sale of state contracts.
Mr. Adjei, per Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni’s latest piece, ‘Contracts for Sale, was said to have established his own company under the name Talent Discovery Limited incorporated in June 2017 which has won some government contracts through restrictive tendering.
In the 46-minute video, it also emerged that the company was engaged in the sale of contracts and was ready to sell one worth a ¢22.3 million to a non-existent entity during an undercover investigation.
A statement signed by Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin noted that President Akufo-Addo has subsequently, referred the allegations involving conflict of interest to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and those relating to potential acts of corruption to the Office of Special Prosecutor, for their prompt action.
Source”Ghanaweb
