Director General of the National Sports Authority, Professor Peter Twumasi, has been detained at the Legon Police station for alleged involvement in fraud, Joy Sports has gathered.
Prof Twumasi reported himself to the police on Friday following the detention of his Secretary, Afia Serebour on Thursday at the same police station.
Joy Sports’ Muftawu Nabila Abdulai was at the Police station and reports that the Director General’s secretary was detained after the Chief Executive Officer of a private company, Mum and Sons, reported her and Procurement Officer Ohene Twumasi of the NSA to the police for fraud.
His statement has been taken and he’s awaiting bail.
Mum and Sons reported the NSA, its Director General, Peter Twumasi, its Procurement Officer, Ohene Twumasi, and Secretary to the Director General, Afia Serebour early this month to the police after the authority’s failure to pay for 50 hampers her company provided to the NSA in January this year.
Per details picked up by Joy Sports, Mum and Sons was engaged to provide 50 new year hampers to the authority at fee of GHC 500 per hamper, totaling GHC 25,000. However, there was no signed agreement between the two parties despite reported efforts from Mum and Sons for a signed agreement.
Reports both and Ohene and Afia promised the promised the NSA would make payment within two weeks “so there was need to sign any document.”
In May this year, five months after delivering, the NSA defaulted in payment forcing Mum and Sons to report the matter to the EOCO for investigations. The authority is reported to have offered to pay GHC 10,000 instead which was rejected by Mum and Sons.
In June, Mum and Sons was directed to see the accountant of the NSA for payment. It was during this period the company realised that Bobena Solutions, alleged to be the company of the Director General’s Secretary’s, Afia Serebour that was entered as the winner of the contract to provide the hampers at a cost of GHC 41,000 and not Mum and Sons.
Bobena Solutions had received GHC 15,000 part-payment. When Joy Sports contacted Afia Serebour in July this year, she cut the phone and directed us to speak to the Procurement Officer. Efforts to get the procurement officer proved futile as he rejected all phone calls that went through.
Source; myjoyonline.com
