Ken Agyapong and wife were given GH¢100 million contract by Boakye Agyarko – Kwamena Duncan
The Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan has revealed that the maverick Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong and his wife, were given a GH¢100 million contract by the outgone Energy Minister, Boakye Agyapong, after he was denied a US $293million contract by the National Identification Authority (NIA).
According to Mr Duncan, Mr Agyapong’s allegations that he (Kwamena Dancun) had awarded to himself 50 per cent of road contract in the Central Region was baseless.
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He explains that Mr Agyapong started making such allegations first with the Acting Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, when the later was denied a contract worth US$293 million by the authority.
In a statement, Mr Kwamena Duncan said “I wish to categorically state that since I took over as a regional Minister, the region has not received a road contract more than 30 which he Mr. Kennedy Agyapong is a living testimony.”
According to him, Mr Agyapong’s allegations that he had awarded to himself 50 per cent of road contracts in the Central Region was a calculated attempts by Mr
Agyapong to get him out office so that he (Mr Agyapon’s) friend, Afenyo Markin, the MP for Effutu Constituency, would be made the Central Regional Minister.
Below is the statement
RE: YOU’RE A THIEF FOR AWARDING 50 ROAD CONTRACTS TO YOURSELF
My attention has been drawn to a false story circulating in social media regarding an allegation made by Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, that I am a thief for awarding 50 road contracts to myself. This news didn’t come to me as a surprise because Mr. Kennedy Agyapong wanted his friend to become the regional Minister which he was refused.
I wish to categorically state that since I took over as a regional Minister, the region has not received a road contract more than 30 which he Mr. Kennedy Agyapong is a living testimony.
I would want to state with no equivocation that I have not awarded any road contracts to myself as Mr. Kennedy Agyapong has alleged.
However, it is Mr. Kennedy Agyapong who is always in the media to threaten our Party leaders for contracts.
Mr. Kennedy Agyapong started these allegations when Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah (The Ag. Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority) had refused him a contract worth $293million concerning the National Identification Card.
Mr. Kennedy Agyapong did not lose focus on this NIA contract until he and his wife Stella Wilson, were awarded Ghc100million contract by the then energy Minister, Mr. Boakye Agyarko to supply 150Watts LED street lights.
I see this attempt by Mr. Kennedy Agyapong as one of his bid to lobby my position for his good friend Hon. Afenyo Markin, the Member Of Parliament for Effutu Constituency
I would want to encourage all readers to treat it with the contempt it deserves.
Thank you.
Signed
Kwamena Duncan
Regional Minister
Central Region, Cape Coast