Radio Progress News first radio station in the Upper West Region
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that a company belonging to the brother of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, received a staggering GHS218 million from the Akufo-Addo government for five sole-sourced contracts.
Addressing journalists during “The Moment of Truth” on August 7, 2024, Sammy Gyamfi, the party’s National Communications Officer, alleged that the inflated sole-sourced contracts were awarded to Dr Bawumia’s brother’s company Resources Access Limited in areas such as cocoa roads and other sectors.
“Friends from the media, the inflated sole-sourced sweetheart contracts awarded to the Bawumias are not just in the area of cocoa roads. We have also intercepted payment vouchers which show that between March 3, 2023 and March 5, 2024, Resources Access Limited owned by the Bawumias was paid a staggering GHS83,036,639 by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP government for the award of two single-sourced road projects.”
The NDC claimed that Dr Bawumia’s brother’s company had been awarded two contracts including the rehabilitation of selected Roads in Teshie Camp, Southern Command, Military Academy Training School Roads (23.45km & 55,000 M2) and Partial Reconstruction of Selected Roads in Accra – LOT 1 (44.49KM); Construction of Sunyani By-Pass Outer Ring from Kumasi Berekum Road.
According to the opposition NDC, Bawumia’s brother’s company has been awarded a colossal GHS218 million.
“Friends from the media, the total contract value of just the five (5) sole-sourced contracts awarded to Bawumia’s brother’s company alone amounts to a colossal GHS218 million (equivalent to 2.1 trillion old Ghana
