Government has announced the termination of all service contracts between the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) and its service providers.
Notable among these contracts include rlg Communication’s training modules Asongtaba Cottage Industry & Exchange Programme (ACI&EP) and the Better Ghana Management Services Limited, a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies, the parent company of Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
A letter written by Ministry of Youth and Sports and addressed to rlg Communications Limited, sighted by the B&FT, said the decision to terminate the contracts was reached following a series of meetings with all the stakeholders.
“I am directed to convey to you, Government's decision to discontinue or terminate the contract with immediate effect," the letter, signed by the Chief Director of the Ministry Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu, said.
"You are hereby requested to continue to have engagements with the Attorney General's Department and Ministry of Justice on your liabilities to GYEEDA and ensure the refund of same to Government", it added.
The latest development comes in the awake of alleged financial malfeasance at GYEEDA prompting a host of investigations to be initiated in the outfit.
President Mahama last year, addressing representatives of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and other anti-corruption bodies at the Flagstaff House announced measures to solve the malfeasance including the suspension of contracts of service providers.
He further instructed the Sports Ministry to cancel all contracts that do not pass the “value-for-money test†by the close of the year, while a moratorium was placed on the creation of new modules under GYEEDA.
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