The government has been dragged to court over the controversial Ghc3.6 million spent on re-branding of 116 Bus Rapid Transit Buses (BRT).
The suit filed at an Accra High court by one Francis Kennedy Ocloo and six others is seeking the court to issue “an order directing the Honourable Minister of Transport to make full disclosure on the contract for the branding of the 116 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses.”
The application has the Minister of Transport Dzifa Attivor, and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, as the first and second respondents respectively.
This action comes after the Chief of Staff ordered the Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong to review the controversial Gh¢3.6 million contract surrounding the spraying and re-branding of 116 Bus Rapid Transit Buses.
Parliament had uncovered that a whopping GHC3, 649,000 had been provided for by government for the re-branding of the buses meant for intra-city transportation.
Per the arrangement with Smarttys Management and Production, the company that handled the job, branding for each bus cost the nation GHC31.000.
There has been huge public outcry after government’s decision to spend such an amount reportedly drawn from the Petroleum Funds for 2015.
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