[ 2021-02-22 ]

NAPO searches for fire extinguisher
The alleged ambitions of former Education Minister
Mathew Opoku Prempeh popularly known as Napo to
become Vice Presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2024 has been dented by a
scandal covering the procurement of 853,000 pieces
of mathematical sets which Africa Education Watch
(AEW) has revealed were overpriced and fleecing
and were not delivered on time and in full since
2019.

The Maths Sets scandal which trended for several
days on social media saw Napo come under severe
attack from several quarters including from
persons within his own party who said this scandal
is likely to dent his image and chances at being
running mate if he indeed has such ambitions.



MyNewsGh.com is reliably informed this is only one
out of a series of scandals that will hit the
former education Minister over his stewardship of
the education sector for the last four years for
which he has to answer. This comes even before he
officially starts work at the Energy Ministry
where he has been reappointed.

Maths set scandal

MyNewsGh.com was the original website that broke
the news of the maths sets contracts and the
arrests of Kwadwo Darko-Mensah, which all other
website picked from.

This scandal came up over the procurement of
853,000 pieces of Kapek Mathematical Sets
Instruments at Gh¢75 each, which Africa Education
Watch revealed Liberia and Sierra Leone procured
the same Kapek Mathematical sets Instruments from
the same company even at retail price got it
cheaper than what Ghana got for wholesale of
853,000 pieces.

MyNewsGh.com was also informed that the person
behind the contract is the wife of big man who
owns a big beach resort in Ghana but used
Bluegrass Limited owned by Onasis Kwadwo
Darko-Mensah as a front.



In a rather dramatic twist, Africa Education Watch
also revealed that the actual price of the
Mathematical Sets was Gh¢93 and not Gh¢75 as the
Ministry of Education claimed.

According to Kofi Asare who is Executive Director
of the Africa Education Watch, the actual price of
the Kapek Mathematical sets procured by Ghana on
sole-sourcing basis was higher than the Gh¢75
government announced because the 75 cedis excluded
the tax exemption of $3.6million granted to the
contractor, one Kwadwo Darko-Mensah.



CEO of Africa Education Watch, Mr. Kofi Asare said
it is “very funny” for Education Ministry to
justify the price of the mathematical sets using
Kapek scientific calculator as decoy, as the same
package costs far less in Liberia and Sierra Leone
which also operate under WAEC.

The difference between KAPEK and the real
scientific calculator is, KAPEK has no memory and
cannot be programmed; Just to prevent students
from putting stuff on then into the exam room.
That is all.

So it is cheaper than the regular scientific
calculator which is programmable. As for the
plastic mathset it comes with, we know the price.
Just go to Makola. Its less than GH 20. Infact, a
similar KAPEK Mathematical Instrument sells for
$10 In Liberia and $12 in Sierra Leone at retail;
not wholesale. (Both WAEC member countries)

This Blue Grass Company bought ours at
international distributor bulk order quantity of
850,000 and still supplied to government at $17
(inclusive the taxes*)

The unit cost is not GH 75; its GH 93. The GH 17
million tax exemption must be added to the GH 63
million and divided by the 853,000 pieces. He
explained.

He said WAEC also didn’t make it compulsory to
acquire the math sets as claimed by the Mathew
Opoku Prempeh to justify the contract.

Source - MyNewsGh.com

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