Maritime Authority Blows GHS135K on Year-End Dinner; GHS10K on Food for 8 – A Plus

The Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Mr. Kwame Owusu, is alleged to have superintended the expenditure of GHS135,125 in one night, on food, drinks and music, for an end-of-year dinner party on 22 December 2017.

The amount was paid to Luxe Suites Hotel, of which he has been Group Chairman.

On a separate occasion, a request was made by the Director, Administration, for the payment of GHS10,652 to the same Luxe Suites Hotel for food and drinks for eight people at a meeting.

The alleged rot was exposed by musician Kwame A Plus on his Facebook wall.

He wrote thus: “Charley, me I still don’t understand how 8 people spent 10,652,00 on food during a meeting. Ah how? It means each person’s food (just one meal) cost 1,335.00 Ghana cedis. Really? If you own Ghana as your private company, will you spend this amount on a meal for just one meeting? If we complained during the campaign that NDC spent 20 dollars on Kenkey in Brazil, how then can we support this? 20 dollars is just 100 Ghana [cedis]. This is GHS1.335.00 per person per meal. Did they chew golden sausages or the elephant itself came to the meeting?”

A Plus added: “Apart from conflict of interest, which is a serious offence, let me ask this: How many people ate 135,125.00 Ghana cedis worth of food? Herrrrh they can eat oooo, hahahahahaha. And wait, wait, wait. The second invoice… how many people ate over 10,000.00 Ghana cedis food at one meeting? Come for your medals. You people can eat for Africa. Waaaawolo. Pick pockets have taken the public purse from Nana Addo’s pocket.”

Source: ClassFMonline