Public Accounts Committee orders NITA Director-General to provide detailed documentation on $16 million Smart Infraco contract

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has instructed Richard Okyere-Fosu, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), to return at a later date with more comprehensive documentation regarding a $16 million service contract between the Communications Ministry and Smart Infraco Limited.

This directive followed Okyere-Fosu’s unsatisfactory responses to the Auditor General’s observations about the contract. The committee, chaired by James Klutse Avedzi, has requested detailed records, including letters, proposals, value-for-money reports, contracts, and invoices related to Smart Infraco Limited.

Avedzi stated, “I want a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Communication requesting SMART Infraco Limited to submit a proposal for the provision of this service. I need a copy of that letter from the Ministry of Communication. I also need the proposal submitted by SMART Infraco Limited for the SMART Workplace Project.”

He further demanded, “You wrote a letter to them, and they responded. They are in terms of a quota. I need a copy of their value-for-money-reports on the SMART Workplace Project. I also need copies or requests for quotations or proposals submitted by SMART Infraco to the following service-provider-contractors. Copies of evaluation and assessment reports of the SIL, then copies of both the notification of award and the acceptance letter. I also need a list of all MMBAs, which have received support under the SMART Workplace Project.”

Additionally, Avedzi requested, “I also need copies of the signed completion certificate from NITA, stating the full names and positions of the officers, who signed the same. There may be three more. Copies of all invoices raised by the service providers. I need all this information.”

The PAC will provide a date for Okyere-Fosu to reappear before the committee to submit the requested documents. This date will be communicated through the committee clerk.

Source:techfocus24.com