[ 2016-11-23 ]

Gov’t blows GHc30m on 500 boreholes – NPP
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has
accused government of spending about GHc30 million
on some 500 boreholes in the country.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra today
[Tuesday], a former General Secretary of the NPP,
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, said the amount has been
inflated, and it’s being executed by the Public
Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), to enable
the Mahama-led administration siphon public funds
for its campaign

“It is in the light of this that a Public
Utility Regulatory Commission letter dated 6th
October,2016, requesting for a ‘single-sourced
procurement approval for PURC’S pro-poor water
project’, shows the danger that our cash is in
under Mahama. In the said letter, it is stated
‘the commission is seeking approval to
single-source contractors to construct bore-holes
in selected deprived communities.’ The letter
continues ‘the total cost of the project for the
500 bore-holes is GH¢30million.’ And, no matter
where the borehole is being dug, the rate per unit
is quoted at GH¢60,000. This, ladies and
gentlemen, is four times, the market rate.”
According to him, the amount for each borehole
should not be more than GHc18,000. Kwadwo Owusu
Afriyie also known as Sir John, further made
several allegations including accusing government
of signing a fraudulent deal worth about $300
million for the supply of national security
equipment. According to him, government has
already paid a UK-based firm, Santa Barron, $120
million dollars for the supply of the equipment on
30th November without due diligence. Meanwhile,
speaking on Eyewitness News, Director of Public
Affairs for the PURC, Nana Yaa Gyantuah, justified
the GHc30 million used in the borehole project,
saying the boreholes in question were
“integrated water systems”.

Source - Citifmonline

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