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I am willing to avail myself to assist in any investigations – Mustapha Hamid tells OSP
Former National Petroleum Authority boss, Mustapha Hamid has expressed his readiness to assist any investigations by the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP).
His remarks follows an announcement by the OSP, Mr.Kissi Agyebeng thay the Mustapha Hamid, and others are officially under investigation over alleged embezzlement of GHC1.3 billion.
In a response on Facebook, he wrote, “My attention has been drawn to an announcement by the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, that I am under investigations for some alleged embezzlement of funds at the Unified Petroleum Price Fund (UPPF) during my tenure as the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority.”
“As at this afternoon, I have neither received any invitation by any State investigative body nor have I been under investigation for any such alleged crime,” he revealed.
“However, I am willing to avail myself to assist in any investigations of the alleged embezzlement of funds,” he conducted.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Furnish my office with list of all frequency authorisations issued in last 60 days – Sam George instructs NCA Ag.General
The Minister for Communication, Digital
Technology and Innovations has instructed the Ag Director General of the National Communications Authority to furnish his office with a list of all frequency authorisations issued or renewed in the last sixty (60) days.
According to him, this forms part of the government’s Operation Recover All Loot agenda.
He noted that the Minister considers it a mandate to ensure that all State resources within the purview of the Ministry which have been handed over to private interests in a manner inconsistent with law and laid down procedure must be recovered for the benefit of the State.
This marks the first phase in what would be a complete audit of all frequency authorisations to ensure sanity in the use of State resources in the broadcasting space.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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President Mahama orders investigations into National Service Authority ghost names scandal
President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) to conduct
immediate investigations into the operations of the National Service Authority under the previous
government following the discovery of up to 81,885 suspected ghost names on the payroll of the
Authority.
The ghost names were detected following a head count of active National Service personnel at
the behest of the Minister for Finance as a prerequisite for the dearance of allowance arrears dating back to August 2024.
The Ministry of Finance has upon the completion of the head count, released an amount of GHS
226,019,224 covering allowance payment arrears for 98,145 actual National Service Personnel.
This figure is 81,885 less than the 180,030 names presented by the previous management of the
Authority for allowance payment in 2024.
President Mahama has also tasked the new management of the Authority to carry out urgent reforms with the view to establishing adequate controls to prevent a recurrence of the
phenomenon of ghost names.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
