Volta Regional Coordinating Council overspent on Ghana@50
Accra, Aug 5, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr.
Vincent Komla Adzato-Ntem, Volta Regional Coordinating
Director, on Wednesday told the Presidential Commission
probing the activities of Ghana@50 that the region spent
22,000.00 Ghana Cedis more than the 720,000.00 Ghana Cedis
allocated to it by the Ghana@50 Secretariat.
He said the RCC also spent 10,000.00 Ghana Cedis for the
procurement of big- size Ghana flags that were purposely
designed for the Ghana @50 celebrations.
Mr. Adzato-Ntem, who was testifying to the Commission on how
the Region used monies allocated to it for the celebration,
explained that the extra expenditure was incurred because of
the intensive renovation works at the Presidential Lodge,
Conference, and Dinning Halls at the Residency.
He said the Regional Coordinating Council did not consult
the Ghana @ 50 Secretariat before spending above the money
allocated to it. When he was asked how the Council was going
to pay for the extra cost, he replied that they would meet
soon to see how they would account for it.
When he was asked to account for the sale of all the Ghana @
50 souvenirs allocated to the region, Mr. Adzato-Ntem said
one particular woman by name Joyce was contracted to sell
the anniversary cloth and was yet to account for the sales.
The Regional Coordinating Director said the Council was
directed by the former Regional Minister, Kofi Dzamesi, to
award the contract to Joyce and could not explain why that
particular woman was selected for the award.
Justice Isaac Duose, Chairman of the Commission, said the
Regional Coordinating Council was a body and not an
individual, and wondered how a decision could have been
unilaterally taken by the then Regional Minister without
consulting other staff of the Council.
Mr. Duose, however, commended the Western Regional
Coordinating Council for presenting a comprehensive report
on all expenditures they made during the Ghana @50
celebration and jokingly recommended that Mr. David Yaro,
the Regional Coordinating Director, be promoted due to the
good work he had done concerning record and book keeping.
Mr. Yaro on the other hand, jokingly replied “I hope my
bosses outside there are listening to the Commission”.
He suggested to the Government to consider reducing the
prices of the anniversary cloth to enable more people to
buy, since almost all the regions were still keeping a
backlog of those cloths in their stores.
GNA
