2021 KIA Christmas décor: The less Paul Adom-Otchere speaks, the better – Edem Senanu

Co-Chair of Citizens Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu has advised Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere to stop defending his involvement in the procurement of Christmas decor for the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

Paul Adom-Otchere had earlier explained that his involvement in the procurement of the Christmas décor was to ensure prudent spending.

But Speaking on Top Story on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, Edem Senanu noted that it was needless for Mr. Adom-Otchere, in his capacity as the Board Chairman of GACL, to have engaged in the transaction.

According to him the less Paul Adom-Otchere speaks on the matter, the better.

“I think that the less Paul speaks, the better. The institution is set up to have a procurement unit and the processes in that unit will involve doing the value for money audit by checking for let’s say, three or more markets to compare the market average and then decide that this particular service or product gives us value for money.

It has nothing to do with the Board, so there is no way he can say he was doing the value for money audit. This is a very strange comment,” he stressed.

Mr. Edem Senanu however commended the company for spending less than what was spent in 2016 on Christmas décor at Terminal 2.

“We can commend the staff of Ghana Airport Company Limited for ensuring that they spent less than they spent in earlier years. However, the processes must still fall in line with procurement requirements and it could not have varied to the extent that a Board Chairman is the one inviting or soliciting requests for proposals or invoices and his name should be on it,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament has indicated their intentions to file an urgent question to the Transport Minister on the procurement processes employed by the GACL in the acquisition of the Christmas tree inspirations.

Source: Ghana News