BOST Confirms Buying 18 iPhones For Top Corporate Executives At GH¢15,800 Per Phone
- State-owned Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company (BOST) has responded to the viral issue that it bought iPhones for top executives at GH¢28.5 million
- BOST has said in a statement that although it bought 18 iPhones for its corporate executives, the cost was nowhere near GH¢28.5 million
- The statement said the right figure was GH¢285,412 after taxes, and that the GH¢28.5 million that appeared on its financial statement was a typographical error
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The Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company (BOST) has responded to the public backlash on social media about how it spent huge funds on iPhones for its top executives.
The viral news on social media was that BOST spent GH¢28.5 million, but BOST said that figure was inaccurate.
In a statement, BOST explained that the GH¢28.5 million captured in the financial reports of the company (and subsequently went viral) may be due to a typographical error.
Source: UGC
The statement said the error occurred due to the placing the decimal point two steps to the right of the actual figure.
BOST insists that the 18 iPhones it purchased amounted to GH¢234,000 which went up to GH¢285,412 after taxes.
"The reason for the purchase of the devices was to equip the team to stay in touch with the management information and business intelligence systems of the company for efficient decision making," BOST justified the purchase of the iPhone.
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