Crentsil and family squandered GSA funds – PRO

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Kofi Amponsah Bediako, has alleged that the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr George Crentsil, and his family squandered monies meant for the running of the state institution.

Dr Crentsil has been reported for taking a bribe worth $1.2million from Lemet Construction Company, the firm awarded a contract to build a new training school and hostel facility for the institution.

Speaking on this matter in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Tuesday, May 23, Mr Bediako said the revelation of this matter had opened a can of worms on other alleged dubious deals that were undertaken by Dr Crentsil.

He assured that in the coming days, Ghanaians would be furnished with more details on those questionable deals Dr Crentsil undertook.

He said: “He and his family dipped their hands into the coffers of the Ghana Standards Authority and made away with those monies.”

He further stated: “The structures at the Ghana Standards Authority are in such a way that I, as PRO, wouldn’t be in the know of this act by the CEO, and so I wasn’t aware of that incident until it was revealed by someone. Until a thief is caught, you wouldn’t know that he is a thief.

“Let me place it on record that I wasn’t the one who blew this matter because I didn’t know about it. There are more issues that this matter has brought up and I am sure in the coming days we will become aware.

“Some of us long suspected that some dubious deals were being undertaken but we did not have any concrete evidence or basis to confirm our suspicions, so we all kept quiet.”

He added: “I will want the media to question Dr Crentsil on this matter because he is the best person to answer questions on this.”