Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has disclosed that Ghana Water Limited (GWL) paid a monthly amount of GHS1.5 million to the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahen—an arrangement that became a key issue in his recent arrest.
Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, April 30, Dr. Ayine cited a contract between GWL and the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications (now the National Signals Bureau), under which GWL was to pay GHS1.5 million monthly in exchange for secure internet services.
However, according to the Attorney General, instead of directing the funds to the official account of the Bureau, Adu Boahen provided GWL with the account details of his private company—BNC Communications Bureau Limited—diverting state funds for personal gain.
“Our diligent investigation team came across yet another scheme hatched by Mr. Adu Boahene, this time involving Ghana Water Limited. This criminal enterprise involved the purported provision of secured internet services by the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications now National Signals Bureau.
“Every month GWL paid GHc1.3 million to Kwabena Adu Boahene and his company in exchange for internet services provided by the government. In fact the figure rose to GHc1.5 million every month at the close of our investigations.”
“For purposes of his payment, Kwabena Adu Boahen provided the account details of his company, BNC Communications Bureau Limited, to Ghana Water, which religiously paid for the internet services,” Dr. Ayine revealed.
“In other words, every two weeks, when GHS650,000 of money from Ghana Water left the account of Ghana Water, instead of going to the National Signals Bureau account, it went to the account of a company owned by Kwabena Adu Boahen and his wife,” he further explained.
