The four people charged for the respective breaches of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) in their operations at the Northern Development Authority (NDA) were arraigned at the High Court in Tamale on January 31, 2023.
They are Chief Executive Officer of the NDA, Sumalia Abdul-Rahman; the Deputy Chief Executive (Operations) of the NDA, Stephen Yir-eru Engmen; the Deputy Chief Executive (Finance & Administration) of the NDA, Patrick Seidu and the Chief Executive of A&QS Consortium Limited, Andrew Kuundaari.
They have been granted bail in the sum of 2 million Ghana cedis each with three sureties to be justified with landed properties.
Each accused was granted a bail of GH¢500,000 with three sureties each.
The case has been adjourned to February 28, 2023.
