At the centre of the controversy is a little-known firm identified as Truedare, an Israeli-owned company registered in Cyprus as recently as December 2024. Okyere Baafi asserts that due diligence checks raise serious red flags about the firm’s competence, credibility, and capacity to execute such a highly specialised and mission-critical project. “This is not just procurement negligence; this is a blatant setup to rip off the Ghanaian taxpayer,” he fumed. Okyere Baafi, is the procurement process—or lack thereof. He alleges that the contract was awarded through sole sourcing, completely bypassing competitive bidding mechanisms that ensure transparency, value for money, and technical competence.

Source: GhanaWeb April 08, 2026 05:49 UTC