Govt cancels GYEEDA contracts with Rlg, Jospong Group, Zeera
Government has terminated all contracts between the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) and its service providers.
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Those cancelled include the Rlg Communication's training module, Asongtaba Cottage Industry & Exchange Programme (ACI&EP) and the Better Ghana Management Services Limited, a subsidiary of Jospong Group, the parent company of Zoomlion.
The decision to cancel the contracts was reached following a series of meetings between government and the parties, a letter signed by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu, and addressed to the service providers said.
The letter dated January 9, 2014 read in part, "I am directed to convey to you, Government's decision to discontinue or terminate the contract with immediate effect.”
"You are hereby requested to continue to have engagements with the Attorney General's Department and Ministry of Justice on your liabilities to GYEEDA and ensure the refund of same to Government,” it added.
Following allegations of questionable partnerships between GYEEDA and some service providers, the government set up a committee to investigate its operations.
The committee, in its report, which was presented to President Mahama, recommended the cancellation of some contracts it said should never have been awarded in the first place and the refund of some monies to the state.
An action paper on the report further proposed the drafting of a GYEEDA Bill for consideration by cabinet, and accordingly, the Chief of Staff, Mr Prosper Douglas Bani, was instructed to coordinate work on the exercise.
The action paper also asked the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Attorney General’s (AG) Department and the Police Criminal and Investigative Department to assume full responsibility for investigation of all persons and organisations cited in the Ministerial Committee Report in respect of financial and administrative improprieties, as well as retrieval of monies to the state.