Responding 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 in a account appear 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 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 explained
SGAGL additionally addressed this point in their columnist release, stating, "the $34.9M of which Letters of Credit (LC) were accustomed for $10M is falsely assigned to awning alone automated parts, and the amount afresh was deceitfully allotted at about $113,000 account of additional genitalia per ambulance." SGAGL in the account said the antecedent aggressive accretion action was accomplished by the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives in November 2018. The action arrive tenders for 275 units of 4×4 ambulances, after assorted to 4×2 for 307 vehicles
"A absolute of 16 companies participated, across-the-board of 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
SGAGL additionally 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 in the accretion of the ambulances and its after-sales service, aggressive to seek acknowledged accomplishments adjoin bodies who advance such apocryphal information
"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