Reports have emerged that the Ministry of Youth and Sports entered into a contract to pay US$ 525,000 as consultancy fee for the preparation of Ghana's bid documents for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which was hosted by Gabon.
It is thought that,out of this amount $68,000 has already been paid leaving a balance of $456, 263.56 to be added.
These revelations are contained in the Annual Report of the Auditor-General on the Public Accounts of Ghana-Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the year ended 31 December 2015.
This clearly suggest that this move was initiated under the NDC Government.
In the end, Ghana failed in its bid to host the tournament and Gabon won the right to host.
According to the Auditor General's Report, RICS Consult belonging to Mr Rex Danquah who was in charge of marketing for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations was sole sourced for the preparation of the document.
The report stated that the sole sourcing of such a contract was in violation of Section 40 of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) which requires procurement entities to seek approval from the Public Procurement Authority before they engage in single source procurement.
According to the report, it was observed that the Ministry engaged RICS Consult Limited through single source selection to prepare documentation to bid and host the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2017 without prior approval from the Public Procurement Authority.
The Auditor General's report said the Ministry could not also provide them with the contract documents awarding RICS Consult Limited the consulting services.
Seems the Country has turn deaf ears to the Dzamefe Commission's report after they proposed certain measures the Government can do to prevent the issue of mismanaging funds after the 2014 Fiasco where Ghana airlifted US$3,000000 to the Black Stars.
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