{"id":16428,"date":"2026-04-01T16:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:45:53","slug":"pac-summons-2-over-gh%e2%82%b58-2m-toilet-for-all-payments-without-work-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16428","title":{"rendered":"PAC summons 2 over GH\u20b58.2m \u2018Toilet for All\u2019 payments without work done"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mobile-menu\">\n<div class=\"mobile-header\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><button class=\"icon icon--transparent navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-icon\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#navbarNavDropdown\" aria-controls=\"navbarNavDropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Toggle navigation\"><\/button>Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to summon two public officials over the payment of GH\u20b58.2 million in mobilisation funds for a sanitation project that was never executed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sbwrap\">\n<div class=\"mjo-body\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid nopadding position-relative\">\n<div class=\"container article-body\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-8 col-xl-8\">\n<div id=\"article-text\" class=\"mt-3 article-text\">\n<p>The officials, Bright Oduro Kwarteng and Theophilus Okine, are linked to payments made under the \u201cToilet for All\u201d project, which was initiated in 2019 by the former Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, told the Committee that attempts to verify the transactions have been delayed due to missing documentation.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, officials involved in the transaction indicated that the relevant documents had been sent to the National Archives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth of the matter is that this transaction took place at the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources\u2026 under the leadership of Cecilia Dapaah\u2026 around 2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that although several years have passed, the key officers involved are still in public service and can account for the transactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officers who handled this transaction are still at post in other ministries. The director for procurement\u2026 Theophilus Okine is still at the Ministry of Defence. And Bright Oduro Kwarteng is now Director of Finance at the Ministry of Trade and Agribusiness,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister expressed concern over claims that the documents had been archived despite the relatively recent nature of the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing is not up to 10 years, and you are saying they have been sent to archives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further disclosed that although mobilisation funds were paid to contractors for various projects, including the construction of household toilets in Kumasi and Tamale, no work was carried out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were given mobilisation, and they didn\u2019t go to the site\u2026 the contractors and their names with the amounts are here, and we will make them available to the Committee,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He assured the Committee of full cooperation, stating that his team is ready to provide all necessary information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou call them, and my directors are ever ready to give whatever information you want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the briefing, Ranking Member of the Committee, Samuel Atta-Mills, directed that the officials involved be invited to appear before the Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will invite the minister and the current people there. And wherever the documents are, they will have to come with them,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned the decision to release funds without ensuring that work was done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou pay somebody mobilisation to go and work. The person doesn\u2019t do it, but takes the money. Then you come back, you want to upgrade this contract and repackage it and give it to somebody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Atta-Mills also criticised the apparent lack of proper documentation within the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I don\u2019t understand is the Ministry of Local Government\u2026 you were making payments for contracts that you don\u2019t have. You don\u2019t have the documents,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that the Committee will investigate the matter publicly once all parties appear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen all of you come, we will do it live,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to summon two public officials over the payment of GH\u20b58.2 million in mobilisation funds for a sanitation project that was never executed. The officials, Bright Oduro Kwarteng and Theophilus Okine, are linked to payments made under the \u201cToilet for All\u201d project, which was initiated in 2019 by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3963,5188],"class_list":["post-16428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pac","tag-toilet-for-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16430,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428\/revisions\/16430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}