An audit into Covid-19 expenditure has revealed that the Ministry of Health entered right into a 25–12 months Finance Lease Agreement at a complete lease worth of GH¢15,265,000.00 in 2020 for a constructing for use as a holding and isolation centre in Adaklu within the Volta Region.
The facility was, nonetheless, by no means used for the meant objective.
The Auditor General’s report which covers the interval of March 2020 to June 2022 revealed that the works, embrace remodelling the present buildings for use as holding, therapy and isolation centres however failure to make use of the ability for the meant objective has resulted in an extra price of GH¢20,382,247.70.
“We noticed that the Ministry of Health entered right into a 25–12 months Finance Lease Agreement with QHC Project Limited at a whole lease worth of GH¢15,265,000.00 in April 2020. The underlying property had been uncompleted buildings in Adaklu within the Volta Region which had been managed by QHC Project Ltd.
“The buildings had been for use as isolation centres in the course of the peak of the COVID–19 pandemic. We famous that the Ministry couldn’t use the ability for the meant objective and is due to this fact remodelling the constructing at an extra price of GH¢20,382,247.70 out of which GH¢13,726,079.86 had been paid.
“Our review of the finance lease process indicated that the lease amount was paid to the lessor without recourse to the Minister of Finance and financial assessment by the Debt Management Unit. During our visit to the facility in November 2022, we observed that the remodelling being undertaking by ADB
Ghana Ltd. (contractor) had not been completed and the works include remodelling and equipping the existing buildings to be used as holding, treatment and isolation centres.”
Source: citinewsroom.com
