MP for Bongo, Edward Bawa, has told Joy News he will file a petition of wrongdoing on the part of new BOST CEO, George Mensah Okley and his Head of Finance, John Kojo Akorful for acting against the interest of the company.
BOST is also alleged to have wrongfully paid $3 million to a private oil firm Springfield Energy Limited against advice by external lawyers.
“BOST is a public entity which has given people specific activities to do and on the basis of that, we are to ensure that the public purse must be protected. One must not do that with suspicion of collusion and corruption.”
“When we have these reports and we are not able to ascertain their veracity, it is only fair that you give the person an opportunity and platform to either challenge or plead guilty,” he explained his reasons for petitioning CHRAJ.
Documents available to Joy News suggest Springfield Energy brought its product to BOST tank farm in 2013 October for storage but part of the product could not be accounted.
This forced Springfield Energy a claim of $20.2 million but an Accra High Court after an auditor’s report ordered BOST to rather pay $11.1 million representing the loss products and interest calculated on it.
The current CEO of BOST who took over in July has declined to comment on the issue but Joy News had learned the presidency has ordered a report from the company on the issue by close of business on Monday, September 10.
