Mahama Ayariga petitions OSP to probe BoG bosses, others over procurement of new office complex

Bawku-Central MP, Mahama Ayariga has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr. Ernest Addision, and his deputies for corruption in the procurement of a new headquarters building. 

The petition dated October 30, 2023, also wants the OSP to further investigate members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank, the Chief Executive Officer of Messrs. Goldkey Properties Ltd who are the contractors and the project consultants supervising the work.

The MP notes that the petition has become necessary due to a lack of accountability from the BoG bosses in respect of the project's cost, saying it escalated from USD 121,807,517.94 to USD 222,799,760.55, despite a relatively smaller increase in the scope of work. 

“When the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MP) led a public demonstration to demand the accountability of the Governor and his Deputy Governors, the Governor called the MPs all sorts of names and asked them to use institutional mechanisms to hold him accountable. 

I believe the Office of Special Prosecutor has jurisdiction to investigate all cases of suspected “corruption and corruption-related offences” by public officers and private persons working with public officials under sections 2(a) and 79 of The Office of Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959)," parts of the petition read.