CHRAJ report on the missing Zoomlion corruption in the department of A-G

General News of Monday, June 3, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-06-03

A report on alleged bribery related to the Zoomlion waste management company is not found in the Attorney General's Department.

The Human Rights and Administrative Justice Commission (CHRAJ), which investigated Zoomlion and the Board of Directors of the Common Fund, reported submitting the report in June 2018.

But the Attorney General's office says that he has not yet received the report.

It took years for the CHRAJ to investigate Zoomlion after a whistleblower from the South Tano District of Bono Ahafo region claimed that the company was in collusion with badembly officials in an attempt to defraud the company. 39; State.

The allegation was based on JoyNews's investigations of the Sanitation Improvement Program contract in which Zoomlion was required to dispose of the garbage containers of all 216 District Assemblies at that time.

Manureh Azure Awuni's JoyNews surveys, titled Robbing the Assemblies, revealed that the company had been paid before even lifting the garbage containers with money deducted from the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA).

The practice has been going on for at least 10 years.

In almost every 53 bademblies visited by JoyNews, they claim that Zoomlion does not lift the containers on time, resulting in waste loss. As pressure from residents increases, bademblies are often forced to raise additional funds to raise containers.

The whistleblower believes that Zoomlion has been paid for the work done. The value of the contract has not been specified, but several millions have been announced.

But CHRAJ's investigations survived Zoomlion's unsuccessful attempts to appeal to the courts to stop the process.

The report, said CHRAJ chairman Joseph Whittal, is confidential but he pointed out that this was "in the state's interest" because of "the probable loss of funds".

He added that despite lengthy investigations, the law did not entrust CHRAJ with monitoring the Attorney General's office.

This would suggest that the Commission has an interest, he explained.

Joseph Whittal is nevertheless frustrated that the Commission does not have the necessary mandate to prosecute. "We should have been able to do it alone," he said, adding that his findings were based on allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest related to Zoomlion.

He added that the Commission had evidence that the report had been submitted to the Attorney General's office for almost a year.

"It's been a long time," he said, noting that the Commission would not dispute the location of the report. CHRAJ is willing to resubmit a copy of the report to the G, he said.