The President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described the alleged scandal at the National Communications Authority as the highest order of stupidity.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, he said if the said allegations are found to be true, that will be a great disservice to the country.
“It is the highest form of stupidity. I am using these expressions because I couldn’t understand how someone could actually be part of a deal to pay millions to some spy agency and then be given some gadgets he believes is actually a listening and then he hands over the gadget and dumps it away in the garage. That’s the stupidity.”
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“To think that you spent millions to procure a gadget that the person who eventually handed over that gadget into a reclusive area like a garage probably didn’t understand what he was getting into. You can’t make this stuff up,” Mr Cudjoe added.
His comment is a response to claims made by George Oppong, a Ghanaian whose company Infraloks Development Limited (IDL) has been indicted in the scandal.
George Oppong earlier indicated that the eavesdropping equipment supposed to have been procured and installed are lying unused in the garage of some former officials of NCA.
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George Oppong had been accused of conniving with three former officials in the Mahama administration, to drain the state of $4 million through the purchase of the equipment for national security.
But Mr. Oppong in the statement denied conniving with the said officials to syphon state money, maintaining that his contract was genuine.
However, the NCA officials allegedly withdrew $4 million from the accounts of the NCA which they failed to account for.
Meanwhile, Franklin Cudjoe said this scandal means that boards must also be checked so they do not commit such major financial malfeasances.
“The powerful nature of certain boards unknown to the powers that be. That is how come the people who make money in this town are not really the politicians but board members of state entities because they can take decisions that are as useless, as costly and as stupid as this one.”