In a account appear on Thursday, August 1, 2024, SGAGL responded to claims by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who declared banking improprieties surrounding the accretion and aliment of the ambulances. SGAGL declared that the allegations aloft by the MP are bottomless and unfounded
"SGAGL is an SPV of a bunch of seven companies that alternate in a aggressive accretion process, not sole-sourced, and was adjudged on arete to annex and accommodate after-sales account and aliment for 307 Mercedes Benz Sprinter ambulances for the National Ambulance Account (NAS)," the account read
The altercation began back Mr. Ablakwa, who is additionally the Chairman of the Economic Committee in Parliament, accused the government and SGAGL of agreeable in a "rip-off" deal. Mr. Ablakwa claimed that aloft Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta had agilely accustomed a acquittal of US$34.9 actor for the accretion of additional genitalia for the ambulances, asserting that this amount, about US$113,000 per ambulance, was decidedly college than the amount of accepting new ambulances. He added declared that US$10 actor had already been disbursed to SGAGL
However, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) after antiseptic that no acquittal had been fabricated on the letter of acclaim accustomed for US$10 million, as the all-important appeal for acquittal had not been made. SGAGL additionally addressed this point in their columnist release, stating, "the $34.9M, of which Letters of Acclaim (LC) were accustomed for $10M, is falsely assigned to awning alone automated parts, and the amount was afresh deceitfully allotted at about $113,000 account of additional genitalia per ambulance." SGAGL declared that the antecedent aggressive accretion activity was accomplished by the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives in November 2018. The activity arrive tenders for 275 units of 4×4 ambulances, after assorted to 4×2 for 307 vehicles
"A absolute of 16 companies participated, including the seven companies that eventually formed the Bunch during the pre-tender branch round," the account detailed
The companies that formed the bunch included Luxury World Auto Group Limited, Elok Consult, RDC Aggregation Limited, Beft Engineering Works Limited, Prestige Era Aggregation Limited, Bluemix Aggregation Limited, and Quality Supply and Builders Aggregation Limited
The columnist absolution additionally emphasized the consortium's acquiescence with all breakable requirements, including accepting manufacturer's allotment from Mercedes Benz for the ambulances and EMSA AMBULANCES for the medical accessories installed in the vehicles. SGAGL added declared that they had accustomed a committed branch and abutment infrastructure, including the advance of the Ministry of Agriculture's branch in Kumasi and a purpose-built branch at the NAS address in Accra
Additionally, SGAGL addressed the allegation of a 2022 Performance Analysis by the Auditor-General, which had reportedly accent issues such as aggrandized invoices and mismanagement. The aggregation accustomed accepting cogent disagreements with the analysis address and declared that they had refunded amounts afield labeled as bifold payments
SGAGL warned adjoin the broadcasting of apocryphal advice apropos the accretion of the ambulances and its after-sales service, aggressive to seek acknowledged activity adjoin those who advance such misinformation
"The Bunch and SGAGL accept and will abide to act aloft lath in their dealings," the account concluded, abacus that they will authority answerable those amenable for overextension apocryphal allegations