The Ministry of Roads and Highways has categorically refuted allegations that an amount of one million Ghana Cedis is demanded before road contracts are awarded.

According to the Ministry, such an accusation is surprising.

Explaining in a statement on Monday, October 23, that the processes leading to the award of road contracts are open, transparent, competitive, and in accordance with the law.

“The Ministry wishes to assure the public that it shall cooperate fully and support EOCO in the conduct of its investigation,” the statement added.

Background

The former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei has alleged that he has information to the effect that persons seeking road contracts are told: “Road contracts will be given to you, provided you pay 1 million upfront….”

According to him, “One of the greatest disappointments of Nana Akufo-Addo’s regime is that honestly, he raised the hope of Ghanaians. Ghanaians expected they have gotten a leader with a vision, with the charisma, with the determination and it seems if he doesn’t redeem himself in the next 14 months, he would go down in history as one of the most disappointing leaders”

“This road contract would be given to you, provided you put one million upfront, not after you have gotten the money. This is what Akufo-Addo must be thinking about and if he knows about it, he must be ashamed.

“That now his people demand from you a certain amount before you would be considered for a job. Why? Because when they get it, whether the government pays you or not they have gotten their money. It is as if people are in a hurry to loot the country before the end of Akufo-Addo’s term,” he told TV3 in an interview.