JUST IN: Akufo-Addo suspends PPA boss AB Adjei

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr Adjenim Boateng Adjei has been suspended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The immediate suspension of the PPA boss follows the airing of an investigative expose undertaken by freelance journalist Manasseh Azuri Awuni.

A statement signed by Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, says the decision to suspend the PPA boss “follows the broadcast of allegations made against him in an investigative documentary conducted by Manasseh Azuri Awuni titled ‘contracts for sale’.”

The statement adds that “President Akufo-Addo has subsequently referred the allegations involving a conflict of interest to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice – CHRAJ and those relating to potential acts of corruption to the office of the Special Prosecutor for their prompt action.”

Read below the full statement by the Presidency