Policy think tank, IMANI Africa has called on President Akufo-Addo to intervene in the controversial 178 million dollars Kelni GVG deal.
The deal which is, among others, to assure revenue mobilisation within the telecommunications industry caused a stir, with some civil society players calling for its abrogation; and the telcos raising data protection concerns.
In the Communications Ministry’s latest correspondence on the concerns, it says filtering mechanisms had been instituted to assure data protection. However, President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, in a Citi News interview said the Ministry’s comments show that a lot still is needed to be done about the deal.
“There are so many things being hidden about this deal that we need to know. I think President Nana Addo ought to be on top of this matter. I have not heard him speak and I am worried. This Kelni GVG deal is a candidate for opaqueness, it is a candidate for waste, it is a candidate for aggravated possible corruption, “ said Franklin Cudjoe.
His comments come barely a day after he raised concerns over government’s delay in locating the contract documents for the revenue monitoring Common Platform.
This is after Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition wrote to request the contract details on May 30, 2018.
Ministry of Communications’ response to the Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition on June 11 said: “We are currently in the process of locating the available records.”
Source: citinewsroom.com
