Former Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey has debunked claims that the ministry under his watch made a $2 million payment to a company in Mauritius as part of the Accra Sky Train project.
He insisted that the money was instead paid by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund.
The Minority in Parliament strongly criticized the government for paying the $2 million to Africa Investor Holdings Limited, for the Accra Sky Train Project without parliamentary and the requisite public procurement approvals.
But Mr. Ghartey in an interview with Osei Akoto of Ahotor News rejected the claims and said the Minority members are only broadcasting propaganda.
He explained that in projects such as the now-defunct sky train project, it is the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) that affects such payments, and therefore the Minority may want to get the answers it is seeking from the GIIF.
He further emphasized that the South African company that was supposed to execute the project was to come back to Ghana, but the outbreak of COVID-19 prevented that from happening, and that was how his engagement with the South Africans ended on the project, with no payment discussions.
Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) / Ahotoronline.com
