A former Minister of Railways Development, , has said Monday's meeting with officials of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) investigating the Sky Train Project laid to rest any doubts that the Ministry of Railways Development did not follow due process.
After the meeting with NIB officials, Ghartey said that the Sky Train Project was modeled as a Build, Operate Transfer (BOT) transaction and thus, no payments were made by the Ministry of Railways Development on his watch, as evidenced by the 2021 Auditor-General's Report.
The former railways development minister intimated that his ministry took all the needful steps to ensure that it bore no liability (risk and cost) for feasibility studies conducted on the project.
Responding to questions about the invitation by the NIB, said he had incorporated several clauses in the agreements covering the project to absolve his ministry of any financial obligations whatsoever.
