Nii Ayikoi Otoo, the man who chaired the
Executive Assets sub-committee of the Transition Team has explained that
questions regarding the said missing state vehicles should be directed at the
“appointing authority.”Former Deputy Minister of Communications in the
NDC administration, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu had suggested that Nii Ayikoi Otoo
held the key to unraveling the mystery surrounding the "missing" cars since he
took physical inventory of all the vehicles handed over to the new government.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu had told Accra based Class FM that Nii Ayikoi Otoo and a
gentleman called Elvis Omane Agyei, should be speaking on the matter, since they
were taken round to where the vehicles were.
“For instance, I was given a
Toyota Avensis, which I used as Deputy Minister of Communications. It came from
the Office of the President but it was given to me through the transport officer
at the Ministry of Communications, so, when I was leaving, I parked it at the
Ministry of Communications. If the Office of the President requires it, it will
call for it."
He said some of the vehicles were with the Judicial
Service, some with agencies like the Ghana AIDS Commission, which operates under
the Office of the President and others are at the regional coordinating
councils.
He told the radio station that Nii Otoo’s committee were taken
round to physically inspect each of these vehicles and that, they were also
taken to a place called Point Six, which is the name given to a place where
broken down or un-serviceable vehicles belonging to the presidency are kept, and
they took physical inventory of these vehicles.
Responding in a Facebook
post, Nii Ayikoi Otoo who was a former Attorney General said:
“My
attention has been drawn to numerous reports about missing cars with the media
expecting me to disclose what my Committee discovered.
"Yes I was Chair
of the Executive Assets Sub Committee of the Transition Team."
"My Sub
Committee did our work within our remit or Terms of Reference and presented
three reports, an Interim, Final and a Sequel to the final
report."
"Having presented the reports, I do not think it's appropriate
for me to discuss the contents thereof in the media without
authorization."
"Kindly, therefore direct all queries to the appointing
authority. I thank you for your understanding!!"
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