[ 2017-05-04 ]

I’ll cooperate with CHRAJ to investigate rot at KMA - Presiding Member
The embattled Presiding Member (PM) of the Kumasi
Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Hon. Abraham Boadi
has pledged his support to the Commission of Human
Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to
investigate allegations of bribery and conflict of
interest against him and other members of the
Assembly.

Francis Dodovi, the immediate spokesperson of the
Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council and one time
an appointed member of the Assembly has petitioned
CHRAJ that the PM and select members of the
Assembly led by the convener of Environmental
Sub-committee struck a deal to award
electrification project in the metropolis to an
investor company, Alphar Company Limited without
due process.

Mr. Dodovi in the petition claims the Company
sponsored air travel of the members to Accra with
agreement that worth GHC 2000.000.00 to be paid to
the members should they facilitate the Company’s
bid to secure the contract.

The petitioner on radio platforms said he trusts
CHRAJ more than using internal mechanism of the
Assembly to investigate the members.

However, Hon.Abraham Boadi believes the petitioner
erred in going to CHRAJ since internal mechanisms
set to investigate allegations of corruption at
the Assembly have not been exhausted

“I am a good citizen else I will choose not to
cooperate with the investigations. I am Presiding
Member so if you have something against me use our
internal mechanisms first and if you are not
satisfied with the outcome then you can go
elsewhere”

“But I am happy that the case has been brought
this far. When the truth is out, I will then know
what to do. If it comes out that am innocent I
will sue him for defamation in court”

Read Dodovi’s Petition Below:

PETITION TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY AND
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AGAINST SOME ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
OF THE KUMASI METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY.

Pursuant to a petition written by three members of
the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) dated 24th,
April, 2017, addressed to the Metropolitan Chief
Executive of Kumasi, and copied to the Metro
Coordinating Director of same, imploring them to
conduct an investigation into a matter of bribery
and conflict of interest against the Presiding
Member and some Assembly Members of the KMA, I
wish to petition your noble office to also further
cause an investigation into this important matter
that bothers on serious allegations of bribery
against these public officers who are members of
the Assembly.

In the said petition, the petitioners alleged that
the Hon. Presiding Member of the Assembly, Hon.
Abraham Boadi, assisted by the convener of the
Environmental Sub-Committee of the Assembly, Hon.
Nana Yaw Wiredu, led a delegation of some selected
Assembly Members to Accra to meet and negotiate
with an investor called Alphar Power Co. Ltd. on
behalf of the Assembly.

The petitioners further alleged that this company
in question, in its quest to secure a contract
with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, sponsored
the air travelling expenses, paid an amount of
GH?30,000.00 and promised an additional payment of
GH?200,000.00 to the Presiding Member and his
colleagues should they be able to facilitate the
company’s bid to secure a contract with KMA.

I am convinced that there is enough ground to
investigate these serious allegations of bribery
on the part of these public officers. This is
against the backdrop that some of these officers
have openly confirmed in the media, the veracity
of their reported trip and even sort to justify
the propriety of their action.

Two of these Assembly Members who were on the said
trip to Accra, namely Hon. Nana Yaw Wiredu,
Assemblyman for Ahinsan Estate and Hon. James Nana
Prempeh, Assemblyman for Adiembra-Fankyenebra were
seen on Kessben TV on 28th April, 2017, openly
defending their meeting with Alphar Power Co.
Ltd., with the former who doubles as the Convener
of the Environmental Sub-Committee of the KMA
(Hon. Nana Yaw Wiredu) even posing as an agent of
Alphar Power Co. Ltd. This I reckon is a palpable
conflict of interest, given the fact that the
Solar Energy contract which this company is
bidding for falls under the ambit of the
Environmental Sub-Committee of the Assembly, whose
chairman is visibly acting as an agent for Alphar
Power Co. Ltd.

I have attached a copy of the original petition by
the three other members of the KMA to the Metro
Chief Executive. I have the absolute conviction
that the issues being alleged in the original
petition would be thoroughly investigated by your
august body in order to establish this obvious act
of bribery and conflict of interest perpetrated by
these Members of the KMA who are occupants of a
public office, and acted in gross contravention of
the standing orders of the Assembly and the laws
of the Republic of Ghana.

I hope your high office will act with dispatch in
this matter so as to satisfy the interest of the
general public which is waiting with bated breath
to know the outcome of this investigation.

Sincerely,

Francis Dodovi

(Former Assembly Member, KMA and a citizen of
Ghana)

Source - mynewsgh.com

... go Back