Attorney General, Dominic Ayine has revealed more shocking details of how Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) illegally paid GHS1.5 million monthly to a private company owned by former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahene for internet services.
At a press conference on Wednesday, the Attorney General detailed how the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) was systematically defrauded through an elaborate scheme involving the National Signals Bureau (NSB) via its former director.
Read also: Adu Boahene, wife plead not guilty to GHs49m corruption charges The scheme, which ran for an undisclosed period, saw GWCL paying premium rates for basic internet services that should have been provided at no cost between the two state-owned entities. "This criminal enterprise involved the purported provision of secure Internet services to Ghana Water Company Limited by the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications, now National Signals Bureau," Ayine stated. "The contract document showed that Ghana Water was to pay BNC the sum of 650,000 Ghana cedis every two weeks for secure internet services from BNC, that is the Bureau of National Communications.
However, for purposes of the payment, Kwabena Adu Buahene provided the account details of his company, BNC Communication Limited, to Ghana Water, which religiously paid for the Internet services." The AG explained that "every two weeks, 650,000 Ghana cedis left the bank accounts of Ghana Water.
