86 vehicles secured under Rawlings' regime left to rust

Europa 17:02 - 04 July 2017

The vehicles that have been parked at the Institute of Local Government Studies have not been used for almost 20 years now.

Eighty-six vehicles purchased by the Rawlings administration remain unused for nearly 20 years, Accra-based Citi FM reports.

The vehicles have been parked at the Institute of Local Government Studies and have almost become a symbol of government’s misuse of public funds.

According to Citi FM, the said vehicles have gone through years of wear and tear and harsh weather conditions.

The leather interiors are, however, intact, confirming that the vehicles have not been used.

It will be recalled that the then Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablawkwa, called on the Administrator of District Assembly Common Fund to pay the sum of GHC 6 billion, a cost equal to the purchase of the vehicles, in 2012.

It, however, emerged in 2014 that the debt covering the vehicles had been paid, with the support of the Judgment Debt Commission, presided over by Justice Yaw Appau.

The debt covered the original purchase of 110 vehicles. But the current number of the vehicles is 86, and they have not been touched nearly 20 years after they were bought.