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General News of Saturday, April 20, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-20
Stephen Amoah, CEO of MASLOC
MASLOC General Manager Stephen Amoah described the appeal by former President John Mahama for the release of certain buses purchased under the MASLOC agreement to members of the 39, Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) as misleading. Propaganda.
Amoah said he was shocked by Mahama's remarks and recalled that the difficulties with the vehicle go back to the actions of the Mahama administration.
"… These are just deceptions and propaganda. With all due respect, I pray. He should not continue to always say these things.
It is feared that the prices of some 350 vehicles purchased by the MASLOC Commitment Purchase Program to GPRTU members in 2016 have been grossly inflated.
Now, most vehicles are idling due to cost issues.
"Because of the price of cars, people do not even order from us anymore. Only eight of the buses were purchased. For small cars, because of uber, a few have been bought, "Amoah told Citi News.
Suggestions for rot at MASLOC included former CEO Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, who was charged with 78 counts of theft and financial losses to the state.
She pleaded not guilty to the charges.
On December 6, 2016, she reportedly oversaw the deal with Mac Autos, which was to supply MASLOC with 350 vehicles, including 150 Chevrolet Aveo Saloons, 100 Chevrolet Sparklites and 33 Isuzu buses, without the approval of PPA.
MASLOC then applied for a tax exemption on all vehicles.
The unit price offered by Mac Autos to MASLOC for the Chevy Aveo was set, according to the government, at GH ¢ 74,495 (18,883.39 USD).
The government stated that its investigations revealed that the actual retail price offered by Mac for the same model in the same year, with no purchase right, amounted to GH ¢ 47,346.93 (12,009 , $ 91).
The unit price offered for the Chevrolet Sparklite was GH ¢ 65 095.00 ($ 16 500.63) while the actual price offered by Mac Autos during the same period, without duties, was $ 35 918.37. GH ¢ ($ 9,104.77).
For Isuzu 33-seater buses, the unit price offered to MASLOC was 445,560 GHAC (US $ 112,942.96), but the government's actual non-allocated retail sales price was GHF 293,877.55 (74,493). , $ 67).
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