Amadu Sorogo
A former Board Chairman of the Ghana Standard Authority (GRA), Amadu Sorogo, has said he welcomes the intention of the Akufo-Addo government to conduct a forensic investigations into the alleged $1.2million bribery allegations against the Chief Executive Officer of the GSA, Dr George Crentsil.
Dr Crentsil has been indicted for taking 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.
The indictment followed an investigations conducted into the matter by a team put together by the then board of the GSA with authorisation from the Former Trade Minister Dr Ekow Spio Garbrah before the exit of the NDC administration.
The report, according to Mr Sorogo was submitted to the Dr Garbrah when the transition had almost finished with its work and so the report was not part of the documents handed over to the new government.
However, this government had managed to get hold onto the report and forwarded it to the Attorney General for advice.
Speaking in an interview with Emefa Apawu on the 5050 programme on Class 91.3FM on Tuesday May 23, Mr Sorogo under whose watch the alleged bribery occurred said: “By the time the report got to Spio Garbrah , they had almost finished with the transitional [process] so the report was not part and it couldn’t have been part of the transitional report.
“It was the last minute that I sent the report with a covering letter, he (Spio) received it, I sat with him and I told him what it was contained and the need for further investigations. He thanked me and said even though it had come late he would see what he would do, so it was never part and it couldn’t have been part of the transitional team.
“The point here is that we did our work (investigations) and we submitted it, however late it was we still submitted it and today if they (government) say they want to go and do forensic investigations I fully welcome it, we don’t have a problem.”
