Mahama Ayariga petitions OSP again on alleged BOG new headquarters procurement breach
He is calling on the Office to investigate the members of the Central Bank’s board owing to the price escalation of the project from USD 121,078,517.94 to USD 222,799,760.55.
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor for the second time over an alleged procurement breach by the Bank of Ghana in the construction of its new office complex in Accra.
He is calling on the Office to investigate the members of the Central Bank’s board owing to the price escalation of the project from USD 121,078,517.94 to USD 222,799,760.55.
You may recall that in October 2023, the MP made a formal complaint to the OSP over the same matter, citing alleged corruption in the procurement processes of the new building, and mentioning the Governor, Ernest Addison, and his two deputies as the suspects.
The petition also noted that the bank had originally priced the project at USD 100, 857, 942.48 but got the project awarded to the contractors at an inflated cost.
Hon. Ayariga thus, in the second petition, reminded the OSP that ‘the Ghanaian public remains interested in the development of this investigation’.
