Ghanaian Government Spends $40 Million On Dictionaries
The government of Ghana through the ministry of Education is closing a deal for a $40 Million contract aimed at the purchase and supply of dictionaries for public schools.
The contract is expected to get finalized by 2017 even if the incumbent National Democratic Congress loses power in the general elections. The alleged follows a similar contract of $44 Million for the printing of Atlases for basic schools which is yet to be settled with the publishers~Approaches.
Even though the tender document say's budgetory allocation had been made strangely, the payment arrangement has been done such that the first tranche is expected to be released in 2017, even when budget for 2016 has not yet been released. “The terms of payment shall be: 50 percent payment to be made by March 2017. Next 25 percent by August 2017 and final 25 percent payable by November 2017,” the document indicated.
In the mean time the Ministry of Education is yet to officially comment on the revelations made by the daily guide.
The contract is expected to get finalized by 2017 even if the incumbent National Democratic Congress loses power in the general elections. The alleged follows a similar contract of $44 Million for the printing of Atlases for basic schools which is yet to be settled with the publishers~Approaches.
Even though the tender document say's budgetory allocation had been made strangely, the payment arrangement has been done such that the first tranche is expected to be released in 2017, even when budget for 2016 has not yet been released. “The terms of payment shall be: 50 percent payment to be made by March 2017. Next 25 percent by August 2017 and final 25 percent payable by November 2017,” the document indicated.
In the mean time the Ministry of Education is yet to officially comment on the revelations made by the daily guide.