Vodafone deny
allegations of cheating
Accra, July 3, Ghanadot/GNA –
Major Albert Don-Chebe (RTD), Head of Corporate
Communications, Vodafone Ghana, on Friday denied knowledge
of any Nigerian company called Telegennica, alleged to be
employing local contractors to install masts for Vodafone.
Maj. Don-Chebe told the Ghana News Agency that Vodafone has
awarded a contract to Huawei to install infrastructure
across the country and Huawei was free to sub-let parts of
the contract to any company it deems fit.
“As far as Vodafone is concerned we have a contract with
only Huawei so we have no knowledge or dealings with any
company that Huawei deals with in executing that contract,”
he said.
Maj. Don-Chebe made the remark in response to an online
publication on July 1, with the headline “Vodafone Gt,
Huawei and Telegenicca Cheating Ghanaian Contractors”.
The publication, under the name of one Adumua Sam, alleged
that a Nigerian Company, Telegenicca, hired by Huawei to
erect masts in parts of the country, also used local
contractors but refused to reimburse them after the local
contractors had pre-financed the contracts.
It said when a local contractor ran out of cash and could
not finish the contract, Telegenicca then hired another
contractor to complete it and then refused to pay the
original contractor the full amount spent.
Maj. Don-Chebe said it was erroneous for anyone to assume
that because the masts were being erected on behalf of
Vodafone then Vodafone was part of any games that the
Nigerian company was alleged to be playing.
“Nobody has reported any such fraud to us. We saw it for the
first time when it was published online,” he said.
The Ghana News Agency made attempts to reach Huawei on their
only available office telephone fixed line number in Ghana,
021-782276, but the line was dead.
Further investigations revealed that the fixed line was in
the name of Jack and Jill, care of IPMC and not Huawei.
GNA
