Complete rip off as govt procured $77m DRIP machines for $179m

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the member of parliament for North Tongu has accused the Akufo-Addo Bawumia led government of ripping off the good people of Ghana in their DRIP machines procurement.

The Member of parliament noted for his persistent expose on the misuse of state funds revealed this on social media platform X indicating that the parliamentary oversight into the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) revealed a scary tale of unconscionable inflationary pricing on a nation wrecking scale.

The MP has last week revealed that the cost of the DRIP equipment to the Ghanaian taxpayers was US$178.7 million (GHS2.8 billion).

Hon. Ablakwa words on X read, “It has now been confirmed beyond any scintilla of doubt that all the DRIP equipment which Bawumia touts as his singular achievement have been wickedly and unpatriotically inflated by over US$102million (GHS1.6billion). In essence, Ghana should be paying only US$76.6million for the DRIP equipment supplied and not US$178.7million”.

He added that an analysis of the real market value of the same specs of DRIP equipment from the manufacturers revealed astonishingly scandalous findings.

Ablakwa’s full list of Inquiries made to LiuGong and an assessment of their advertised real market values confirm the following depressing facts:

1. LiuGong Motor Grader 4180D currently selling at US$61,000.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$185,236.80 (inflated by 204%).
2. LiuGong Single Drum Roller 614e currently selling at US$24,500.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$77,616.00 (inflated by 217%).
3. LiuGong Backhoe CLG 777A currently selling at US$43,000.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$78,000.00 (inflated by 82%).
4. LiuGong Crawler Bulldozer B230 currently selling at US$100,000.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$188,066.67 (inflated by 88%).
5. LiuGong Wheel Loader 50CN currently selling at US$58,000.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$88,000.00 (inflated by (inflated by 52%).
6. Shacman H3000 Tipper Truck currently selling at US$42,000.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$78,000.00 (inflated by 90%).
7. Shacman H3000 Water Tanker currently selling at US$35,000.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$84,000.00 (inflated by 140%).
8. Low Bed currently selling at US$51,400.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for 146,132.44 (inflated by 184%).
9. Concrete Mixers currently selling at US$959.00 but sold to Ghanaian taxpayers under Bawumia’s DRIP for US$1,480.00 (inflated by 54%).

Find the MPs entire post below: 

THE DISTURBING SECRETS AKUFO-ADDO & BAWUMIA DO NOT WANT GHANAIANS TO KNOW ABOUT DRIP (PART 2)

HOW THE DRIP CONTRACT WAS UNCONSCIONABLY INFLATED BY OVER US$102MILLION (GHS1.6billion).

Our ongoing special parliamentary oversight on the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government’s District… pic.twitter.com/cxGWvHTLIk

— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) September 25, 2024