Millennium Excellence Foundation refuses to release bank details to Parliamentary Committee

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January 16, 2018 1:24 AM

The Millennium Excellence Foundation have been accused of selling seats to expatriates during the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards held last December.

The Millennium Excellence Foundation has declined to provide bank details to the Parliamentary Committee probing the alleged cash-for-seats saga.

The Foundation, who were the organisers of the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards last December, have been accused of selling seats to expatriates during the event.

Some attendees were reported to have paid between $25,000 and $100,000 in order to be able to sit beside President Akufo-Addo, who was a special guest at the event.

Officials of the Foundation have subsequently been invited to appear before a parliamentary ad-hoc committee probing the alleged scandal.

On Monday, a member of the Committee and MP for Bolga East, Dominic Ayine requested that the Foundation provides bank details of their transactions and monies they received from the Trade Ministry.

According to the MP, “we need to have evidence of monies received... we are entitled to know where the money went”.

However, Counsel for the Foundation Charles Zwennes declined to provide the bank details, insisting such a request is not supported by the terms of reference set out by Parliament.