GNPC blows millions of cedis on ‘Ghana Beyond Aid Charter’, EOCO and others
Some
documents intercepted by Ghana based news portal GhanaWeb from the Ghana
National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), shows that its Board has approved some
outrageous amounts which run into millions of Ghanaian Cedis and US dollars as
donation and sponsorship requests.
The beneficiaries and projects which received
the cash include the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid Charter’ which is chaired by the Senior
Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo.
The Board of GNPC which is chaired by Fredrick
Worsemao Armah Blay (Freddie Blay), the incumbent NPP’s chairman, on August 16,
2018, approved the payments of the various sums of money upon receiving written
requests to the institutions.
In a memo written by the Board Secretary,
Matilda Ohene and addressed to the Chief Executive of GNPC, Dr. K.K. Sarpong,
with the caption “Approval for payment of various sponsorship/support
requests”, the Ghana Beyond Aid Charter was allocated a whopping
GHC1,500,000.00 from the coffers of the GNPC for the purpose stated in the
beneficiary’s request letter.
That aside, donations and sponsorships were
added.
Other institutions such as the Economic and
Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Ghana Golf Association, Ghana Medical and Dental
Council, and Hele Africa were allocated GHC1,000.00.00, GHC100,000.00,
GHC400,000.00 and USD10,000.00 respectively.
The James Camp Prison was allocated a sum of
GHC20,000.00; Just Because Fitness, GHC120,000.00; Help Children Read,
GHC30,000; and Bonzu Kaku SHS, GHC44,000.00.
In the Ghana Beyond Aid letter of request dated
July 3, 2018, which was signed by Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Senior Minister and Chairman
of Ghana Beyond Aid Charter Committee, it was stated that the committee needed
a sum of Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Ghanaian Cedis (GHC2.5 Million), to
undertake activities such as extensive consultations across the regions of the
country on Ghana Beyond Aid, media engagement, public education, international
study visits and retreats among others.
“There are seven (7) sub-committees which are
working concurrently on key thematic sectors such as agriculture
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Radia Sambare
Radia Sambare, is an online journalist, covers special events and reports about Africa and geopolitics, passionate about telling stories related to social justice and environmental issues. She's born and raised in Accra, Ghana.