Training Ministry ‘blames’ Napo designed for sole-sourcing Ghc500m laptop ‘Create, Loot & Share’

The particular Minister of Education, Doctor Yaw Adutwum, has refused claims of a “create, loot, and share” scheme within the contract to procure and supply laptops to some pre-tertiary school teachers across the nation, pointing fingers, rather, in his predecessor Mathew Opoku Prempeh as the one below whose watch the deal occurred. A statement from the Ministry in reaction to a MyNewsGh. com publication November 2021, said we “deliberately misrepresented” the facts regarding the procurement and provide of laptops for pre-tertiary teachers but rather in any case, it had been procured on sole finding basis under Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the former Education Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) now at Energy. The training Minister stating this in the response was an attempt in order to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the public which he is newbie at the MoE, when in actual fact, he has been Mathew Opoku Prempeh’s Mouthpiece for 4 years. The particular Ministry which has committed federal government to pay 70% of the cost from the laptop explained that it experienced little to do with the murky deal but that within September 2020, the management of the three teacher Unions with membership strength associated with 350, 000 sought financing support from the government with the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the procurement and submission of 350, 000 laptops for its members. While there is absolutely no available record of the deal with the PPA with details about the deal hidden like a Nationwide Security “top secret” subsequent chop chop allegations, the particular MOE claims request for acceptance to use Single-Sourced procurement procedure to engage KA Technologies Ghana Limited for the supply of the particular laptop computers was made to the 17th of November 2020 by the then Minister regarding Education Dr . Mathew Opoku Prempeh” some three several weeks to the 2020 election. Simply no evidence of same is offered or even available at PPA up to now. Under Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the cost of the laptops with a mere Celeron 1 . zero speed processor, a 4GiG Ram among others is thought to have been inflated by greater than 300% according to two instructor unions who are in courtroom, and who are also protesting the fact that the laptop price will be deducted from the Expert Development allowance of Ghanaian teachers against their may. Indeed, the company K. The. Technologies, just like its equal which got a contract to provide 853, 000 mathematical models at Ghc75 each, obtained an easy contract to supply the particular 350, 000 laptops in a cost of Ghc1, 500 (later inflated to Ghc1, 851), a charge the Ministry denied, distancing itself from your deal in which it is carrying out government to pay 70% off the cost. The Ministry said the business at the center is not a brand new company but is an outdated company with a new name. The particular Ministry of Education in the response however failed to tackle the fact that the Mandatory Eligibility Requirements set forth in Section 3 (C) of the procurement from the Information Technology Product document released by the Public Procurement Expert was not met by Nited kingdom. A Technology Ltd. just before grabbing the half the billion contract, even if this were an old company since claimed. The Ministry furthermore failed to state whether they have investigated and is satisfied with Nited kingdom. A Technology which states be the actual manufacturer from the Teachers Mate 1 (TM1) laptop but failed to attained clearance from the Ghana Criteria Authority (GSA) to approve the quality standard and durability from the laptop it is supplying and also to confirm whether the laptops are now being indeed produced in Ghana or even being imported from Cina surreptitiously but branded “Made in Ghana” and at exactly what cost. The GSA qualification is more important especially when the training Ministry bypassed brands such as Dell, Samsung, Toshiba, Acer, HP, Lenovo and other set up brands with reputation just for producing quality laptops. Because at today, 21st Nov, 2021 that has not already been done. MyNewsGh. com can be reliably informed the company is currently trying to obtain a certification following a first batch has already been dispersed. The same K. A Technologies was revealed to have illicitly, illegitimately, criminally, dishonestly, improperly obtained a tax distance certificate to facilitate the legitimization of the dubious exclusive contract it was awarded, some thing the MoE refused or even failed to address as additional checks from SSNIT uncovered the company only recently attained a certificate from the condition company- neither is the firm itself addressing this. The particular Ministry runs away from the particular dealIt is interesting for your Education Ministry to state lack of ownership and press the deal to the teachers Unions of GNAT and NAGRAT, CCT given that government can be paying 70% of the cost whilst these Unions’ members only pay 30%. Wouldn’t be in govt interest to ensure value for money? ”An approval to use Single-Sourced purchase method to engage KA Systems for the supply of the computer systems at a unit cost of GHS 1550 by Section 40(1) (d) of Act 663 as amended was disseminated to the Ministry in a notice dated 20th November 2020″ the statement noted. This continued that, “Consequently a good MOU was signed between your Ministry of Education, the particular Teacher Unions and KA Technologies Ghana Ltd on the acquisition and supply of the laptop computer computers”. It said, “originally called NSV Ghana Restricted, KA Technologies Ghana Restricted is an indigenous private restricted liability Company duly signed up and incorporated in Ghana under the Companies Act 1963, Act 179 on the nineteen days of October 2016. The business had a change of title by a Special Resolution with the approval of the Registrar associated with Companies on the 13h day time of May 2020”. “The company is primarily to the supply, maintenance, and restoration of ICT devices in addition to provision of technical instruction and development in the using same” the statement additional. Source: MyNewsGh. com/2021
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