The immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, has accused government appointees of showing signs of corruption.
“A large government means large corruption. So we should have a constitutional direction. NPP and corruption, I said clearly that what has been proven, the NPP appointees have begun showing signs of corruption,” he lamented as he delivered a public lecture on the theme: “Institutional Corruption in Ghana: Causes and Effects”organised by the Christian Service University College (CSUC) in Kumasi.
Prof Martey was not happy about the recent development at Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), and advised President Nana Akufo-Addo to ensure that any corruption-related case is quashed.
Ex-Deputy CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loan Centre (MASLOC), Mustapha Abubakar, has accused the current administration of MASLOC of procuring 1,800 new vehicles.
“As we speak, the boss [of MASLOC] has ordered for 1,800 vehicles,” he alleged on Saturday, 7 October.
“It is being procured from a company called Dextro Impex,” he continued, wondering: “If you have vehicles sitting there and you are saying that they are expensive and you cannot give it out to members, how come you are finding money to go and buy 1,800 vehicles of 2011 models to give it out to people?”
Mr Abubakar made the allegation on Accra-based Citi FM, but his successor, current Deputy CEO of MASLOC, who was also speaking on the station’s The Big Issue programme described the allegation as false.
“It is not true,” Afia Akoto said, adding: “There is so much debt to be cleared and that is our focus. We have no money and we don’t even have any agreement.”
More than 350 commercial vehicles, mostly taxis, were recently confiscated from individuals and groups who failed to repay loans they contracted from MASLOC.
Additionally, MASLOC has mounted an intensive search to retrieve more than 150 more vehicles whose owners are indebted to the centre.