[ad_1]
State Minister for Procurement, Adwoa Safo, said the government would investigate the processes leading to the awarding of more than 12 contracts to Adjaye and Associates.
This follows a petition addressed to the President by the Ghana Institute of Architects, raising concerns about breaches of the procurement and unfair practices when awarding lucrative contracts to the company belonging to the famous British architect born in Ghana, Sir David Adjaye.
In an interview with the press in Parliament, Adwoa Safo said the concerns voiced by local architects were legitimate.
"The Ghanaian architects of the buying process should be looking for some of these things to alert the government. So, once the petition arrives, I'm sure the chair will engage my office on these issues. We will engage the architects badociation. We will investigate and investigate these allegations and make appropriate recommendations.
"In the current state of affairs, my mandate is based on advice and policies. So I will advise the chair accordingly, but I think in the future we should have contracting agencies in each established department and leave all those agencies to the responsibility of that department. So, a minister will supervise and monitor things so that things are done right. "
A Ghanaian firm of architecture, Design and Development Associates Consortium, has petitioned President Akufo-Addo, about a potential bias in the award of 12 state projects to David Adjaye & Associates .
The architecture office of Sir David Adjaye has already aroused controversy because of his work on the National Cathedral and the new parliamentary complex.
Design and Associates argues that these two projects, as well as other projects such as the Marine Drive Master Plan, the reorganization of the exhibition grounds and the GNPC headquarters in Accra, were not awarded fairly.
"Our concerns are based on complete disregard and disregard for the principles of transparency, fairness, equity and the laws governing professional service contracts provided by large corporations and organizations. scope, "said the petitioners.
Another concern raised in the petition
The firm is concerned about Mr Adjaye's legitimacy to practice in Ghana as he is not a resident under the Architects Decree (NRCD 357).
Design and Associates also said that Adjaye's firm recruited architects from beyond Ghana and ignored local talent.
"The public has the negative impression that locally trained architects and engineers are incompetent and do not have the skills to undertake such projects in the country, which is totally false."
But the heart of the complaints of the local architectural firm concerned the process of supply, described as "weird".
According to the petition, David Adjaye & Associates was chosen "unlike any idea of fairness to carry out projects when it is clear that any business would be overburdened with projects of such magnitude".
-Citinewsroom
Source link
