HOW THE SAME AKUFO-ADDO’S AMBULANCE SPARE PARTS CABAL USED DIFFERENT a TO PROCURE THE 307 WILDLY INFLATED AMBULANCES IN A US$108MILLION HEIST
Unimpeachable, irrefutable and irreproachable parliamentary oversight has finally smoked out the hidden characters behind the procurement of President Akufo-Addo’s flagship 307 ambulances.
I can today authoritatively reveal that the same cabal behind the infamous, inflated, sleazy and unconscionable US$34.9million ambulance spare parts sweetheart deal are the same characters who were awarded opaque single-source contracts valued at a staggering US$54.3million to procure the 307 ambulances.
For the avoidance of doubt, the same President Akufo-Addo’s daughters’ business partners and close associates were the same guys hurriedly selected to import the ambulances under extremely shady and disgraceful circumstances.
My continuous diligent parliamentary oversight on this ambulance saga has additionally revealed that just like the outrageous spare parts sweetheart deal, the procurement of the 307 ambulances was also grossly inflated.
From page 2 (paragraph 4) of the of the Auditor-General’s Performance Audit, government officials told auditors that the 307 Mercedes Benz ambulances were procured at a total amount of US$54.3million. (Performance Audit attached).
This figure of US$54.3million is consistent with what then Special Development Initiatives Minister, Hawa Koomson repeated to the Ghanaian media.
Meanwhile, page 24 (paragraph 46) of the same Performance Audit states that a unit price of the ambulance is US$80,000.00. (Performance Audit attached).
At US$80,000.00 for one ambulance, the 307 ambulances should give us a total of GHS24,560,000.00 and not US$54.3million.
This really means that the procurement of the ambulances was unconscionably inflated by a scary US$29,740,000.00.
The wickedly padded figure of US$29.7million is more than the actual cost of all the 307 ambulances.
Even if you add a 10% insurance premium of US$8,000.00 per ambulance, the procurement of the 307 ambulances would still be inflated by a massive US$27,284,000.00. Note, however, the Auditor-General discovered that insurance premiums were not paid on the 307 ambulances.
It makes sense to conclude that the US$54.3million taxpayer funds spent by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government should have provided Ghanaians with 678 ambulances and not 307. This is most criminal!
Painstaking parliamentary scrutiny has led to confirmation that this time, the presidential looting cabal used different companies to import the ambulances. They did not use the notorious Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.
The companies used by the presidential familial gang are: Elok Consult and Services Limited; BEFT Engineering Works Limited; Bluemix Company Limited; Prestige Era Company Limited; RDC Company Limited; Luxury World Auto Group Limited and Quality Suppliers and Builders Company Limited.
Instructively, a majority 6 out of the 8 companies were formed between April and September 2017 — the year Akufo-Addo became President of Ghana. All 8 companies have no track record and expertise in the importation of ambulances.
Elok Consult and Services Limited was incorporated on 25th July, 2017. The directors are Stephen Okoro, the man who gave President Akufo-Addo his first granddaughter, and another gentleman who used the name Solomon Okereke for the company registration.
Remember the politically exposed Stephen Okoro is also a business partner of Gyankroma Akufo-Addo. They have incorporated numerous companies together as I revealed in Part 2.
Further background checks on Solomon Okereke revealed that he is a direct brother of Stephen Okoro.
Solomon Okereke’s intercepted passport confirms that his full name is Solomon Okoro Okereke. (Intercepted passport attached).
It is not immediately clear why Solomon concealed Okoro when he was registering Elok Consult with his brother, Stephen.
Elok Consult was paid an impressive GHS32,203,322.14 on 27th December, 2019 for importing 40 ambulances.
BEFT Engineering Works Limited was incorporated on 20th April, 2017.
The directors of BEFT Engineering are Frank Agyekum and Alvin Mensah.
Alvin Mensah is a longtime associate of Edwina Akufo-Addo.
BEFT Engineering was paid GHS26,694,249.13 on 24th December, 2019 for importing 40 ambulances.
Bluemix Company Limited was incorporated on 5th September, 2017.
Its directors are Katumi Nambiema and Prince Osei. This company is also a subscriber of Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.
Bluemix was paid GHS15,910,697.68 on December 24, 2019 for supplying 35 ambulances.
Prestige Era Company Limited was incorporated on April 19, 2017.
Their directors are Abdul Sumaila and Yousiph Abdulkadir.
Prestige Era is another subscriber of Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.
Prestige Era was paid GHS32,203,452.19 on December 27, 2019 for importing 40 ambulances.
RDC Company Limited was incorporated on June 27, 2014.
Their directors are Alberta Baidoo and Stephanie Bannerman.
RDC is a subscriber of Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.
They were paid GHS17,067,138.41 on December 27, 2019 for the importation of 40 ambulances.
Luxury World Auto Group Limited was incorporated on November 24, 2015.
Their directors are Elisha Enti, Vivian Oppong-Kyekyeku, Charles Oppong-Kyekyeku and Jeannette Affram.
Luxury World is yet another subscriber of the notorious Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.
Luxury World was paid GHS32,202,026.99 on December 27, 2019 for the supply of 40 ambulances.
Quality Suppliers and Builders Company Limited did also receive a payment of GHS26,679,812.23 on December 27, 2019 for the procurement of 40 ambulances. They remain subscribers of the discredited Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.
Incorporation documents and evidence of payments to all the companies listed above are duly attached.
It ought to be noted that the wide disparities in the value of payments between the various companies for the same specs of ambulances procured during the same period requires a special forensic audit to unravel the mystery.
So far, this presidential ambulance cabal have together conspired and grabbed an initial US$54.3million wildly inflated ambulance procurement, GHS115million for maintenance of the ambulances between 2020 and 2023, US$10million in February this year and an imminent payment of US$24.9million. That’s a grand total of some US$108million.
Based on the latest discoveries from my deeper parliamentary oversight on this scandal, I shall take steps to promptly update my petition which is currently before the Special Prosecutor.
They can run but they can’t hide!
There shall surely be retrievals and sanctions.
It is easy to predict that real mega ambulance prosecution will commence in 2025; obviously the ongoing Ato Forson/Jakpa case now looks like an even bigger joke.
Nothing will stop us from defeating nepotistic state capture!
For God and Country.
Ghana First. 🇬🇭
