Rans Logistics Refunds GH¢19m After Auditor-General Findings About, Finance Ministry Gives Update
- Rans Logistics refunded GH¢19.1 million following the Auditor-General's special report about their eyebrow-raising infractions
- The audit uncovers missing 7,000 metric tonnes of rice and other grain transportation overpayments
- The Deputy Finance Minister highlighted the audit's crucial role in safeguarding public resources and ensuring accountability
The Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem has said Rans Logistics, a company cited in the Auditor-General’s special report for multiple infractions, has refunded GH¢19.1 million to the state.
Rans Logistics was flagged for overpayments related to grain transportation and the disappearance of thousands of tonnes of rice and maize.
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A special audit report on GH¢68.7 billion in government arrears and payables revealed some of these infractions.
Parliament referred a special audit report to the Public Accounts Committee for investigation after it found irregularities, falsified records and questionable payment claims valued at GH¢8.1 billion.
Speaking before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on March 30, Nyarko said the repayment demonstrates the impact of the audit in protecting public resources.
He added that the audit also revealed the company was paid for over 7,000 metric tonnes of rice that were unaccounted for.
“We are expecting the value of these 7,000 metric tonnes of rice to be reimbursed as well. The Attorney General is working with his team to recommend the right course of action for all identified infractions."
What kind of fraud was uncovered in audit report?
Auditors uncovered transactions worth GH¢9.4 million supported by forged Stores Receipt Advices (SRAs) that had been used to justify requests for payment for goods that were not delivered at the time.
At the Ministry of Defence, this amounted to GH¢ 4.8 million. A contract between the Ministry of Defence and a company for vehicles intended for border surveillance and monitoring of the 2024 general election revealed that, despite the issuance of a Stores Receipt Advice dated October 12, 2024, the vehicles were never delivered.
Similarly, the Judicial Service appeared to be caught in a web of falsified Stores Receipt Advice. While the Stores Receipt Advice dated October 25, 2024, claimed the receipt of 7 Toyota saloon cars, as soon as the audit was initiated, the supplier wrote to the Judicial Service on 10th April, 2025, indicating their inability to supply the said vehicles as scheduled.
The audit also found overpayments for the transport of grains in respect of the Dry Spell expenditure.
Under the Farmer Food Relief and Recovery Programme, a transportation company was contracted to transport 134,000 metric tonnes of maize and rice to farmers across the country at a contract sum of GH¢115.2 million.
Even though the company transported only 35,000 metric tonnes, which should have costed GH¢30.9 million, the company was paid GH¢50 million.
Ghanaians admit to offering bribes in poll
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported earlier that a report from the Ghana Statistical Service had indicated that 18.4% of Ghanaians had admitted to giving a bribe in 2024.
The report also noted that men were more likely to engage in bribery than women when engaging with public officials, with the results of the poll going viral at the time.
Presenting findings from the Governance Series Wave 1 Report, GSS's Omar Seidu said that 55.7 per cent of the population had contact with public officials in the year.
Source: YEN.com.gh
