The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has referred 26 Health Institutions officials to the Attorney General for prosecution.
These officials were indicted in the 2020 auditor general’s report for procuring goods and services to the tune of 5,895,822.00 cedis without competitive tendering.
During today’s hearing, Public Accounts Committee Chairman James Klutse Avedzi warned that such violations would not be tolerated.
The act is against the public procurement Act 2003(Act 663) sections 35 and 43.
The Act states that a procurement entity shall procure goods, services, or works by competitive tendering; and that, the procurement entity shall request quotations from as many suppliers or contractors as practicable but from at least three different sources.
Among the institutions affected are the Ministry of Health’s headquarters and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Centre.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
