A political pressure group by name Concerned Citizens of Anloland, Municipality has accused the former MCE for Keta now Anlo DCE and Keta Municipal Engineer of corruption and called for their dismissal.
The Group based in Keta at a press conference addressed by its convenner, Wonder Setsoafia Deynu appealed to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove Seth Yormewu from office within one week “since the conducts of Seth Yormewu do not represent the promise of the President to fight corruption and protect the public purse. His Excellency, we the citizens of Anloland are so much afraid that the continuous stay of Seth Yormewu as the Chief Executive for Anloga District Assembly will bring no development to Anloland but rather to enrich Hon. Seth Yormewu and his relatives alone”.
According to him, “Keta Municipal Assembly under the leadership of Seth Yormewu awarded illegal roads reshaping contracts to two companies – Zomef Enterprise and Demesco Construction Works owned by Mr. Samuel Dompre and paid Gh¢ 98, 200.00 for no work done”.
They however, called on Samuel Dompre and Seth Yormewu to as a matter of urgency refund the Gh¢ 98, 200.00 to the Keta Municipal Assembly.
Below is the full statement:
PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE ROTS IN KETA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY AND ANLOGA DISTRICT ASSEMBLY AND OTHER MATTERS.
Ladies, Gentlemen and friends in the media, we greet you all from the Anloland.
We humbly extend our warm greetings to Awormefia Torgbui Sri lll, Anlo Traditional Council, Anlo Christian Council, Anlo Youth Council, Market Women and Men, Farmers, Fisher folks, Government workers, Tailors, Hairdressers, etc. and the entire people of our Motherland Anlo.
We wish to thank you all for honouring this invitation even though we gave you short notice.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have gathered here today to express our dissatisfaction about the rots in both Keta Municipal Assembly and Anloga District Assembly.
Ladies and Gentlemen, two weeks ago, Anlo Citizen Vigilante, Hon. Gilbert Korbla Keklie uncovered some high level of corruption, organised crimes, abuse of power and conflict of interest situations in both Keta Municipal Assembly and Anloga District Assembly. The rots uncovered include but are not limited to the following:
ROADS RESHAPING SAGA
Keta Municipal Assembly under the leadership of Hon. Seth Yormewu awarded illegal roads reshaping contracts to two companies – Zomef Enterprise and Demesco Construction Works owned by Mr. Samuel Dompre and paid Gh¢ 98, 200.00 for no work done.
We are calling on Mr. Samuel Dompre and the Hon. Seth Yormewu to as a matter of urgency refund the Gh¢ 98, 200.00 to the Keta Municipal Assembly.
ASSEMBLY’S GRADER IS FOR PRIVATE USE
The only grader that generates revenues for the Keta Municipal Assembly is now in the name of Mr. Samuel Dompre. He hired the grader to Kapra Ltd for Gh¢ 700.00 per day instead of Gh¢ 900.00 per day as approved in the Fees Fixing Resolution of the assembly.
Mr. Samuel Dompre with support from the former Municipal Coordinating Director, (Mr Maxwell Gyimah) signed an illegal agreement with Kapra Ltd for the use of the grader without the knowledge of the General Assembly. This amounts to violation of Section 21(3) of the Local Governance Act, Act 936(2016).
The grader has now broken down and needs about Gh¢20,000.00 for repairs.
We are calling on Mr. Samuel Dompre and Hon. Seth Yormewu to ensure the assembly’s grader is brought to the assembly under good condition in two weeks’ time.
PAYMENT OF GH¢ 99,500.00 TO PRESTIGE CONSTRUCTION FOR NO WORKS DONE.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is sad to inform you again that the National Lottery Authority donated Gh¢ 200,000.00 to the Keta Municipal Assembly towards the construction of Anloga Town Hall but Hon. Seth Yormewu paid or transferred Gh¢ 99,500.00 into Prestige Construction owned by his younger brother, Besah Yormewu. The balance of Gh¢100,500.00 could not be found in any account of the assembly.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Anloga Town Hall project is still in limbo.
Where is the money donated by National Lottery Authority for the project?
In fact, we need the Anloga Town Hall project to continue and be completed as soon as possible.
PAYMENT OF GH¢10,000.00 FROM UNICEF FUNDING TO A GHOST NAME
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have sighted a report from some Hon. Assembly Members from the Keta Municipal Assembly. We have read from the report that Hon. Seth Yormewu approved GH¢10,000.00 to an unknown name in August, 2018. The memo for the approval of the GH¢10,000.00 was also forged by unknown person.
HON. SETH YORMEWU IS CURRENTLY RUNNING ANLOGA DISTRICT ASSEMBLY AS HIS PRIVATE ENTITY
Ladies and Gentlemen, you could all recall that Anloga District Assembly was inaugurated on 19th February, 2019 and as per the Legislative Instrument that had established the Anloga District Assembly, the assembly must elect its own Presiding Member and shall be in control of the preparation and approval of its own budget.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is very surprising to know that Hon. Seth Yormewu had begun spending from the assembly’s accounts without approval from the General Assembly.
This is a violation of Section 170(1&2) of the Local Governance Act, Act 936(2016). What is more shocking is that in the light of brouhaha currently on -going in the public domain and the media worldwide on the alleged corruption, abuse of power and conflict of interest situations, Hon. Seth Yormewu has awaded fictitious contract for the construction of a 3 – unit classroom block to the sum of Gh¢ 331,909.00 to Messrs San-Jay Investment LTD. Public Procurement processes were not followed.
WITHDRAWAL OF FRAUDULENT MONEY FROM ANLO AFIADENYIGBA COMMUNITY WATSAN’S ACCOUNT .
Ladies and Gentlemen, bank statement from GCB Ltd available to us reveal that on July 10, 2018, Mr. Samuel Dompre, the Engineer of Keta Municipal Assembly withdrew Gh¢ 100,695.00 in the name of Demesco Construction Works from Anlo Afiadenyigba Community Watsan board’s account for no work done.
Ladies and Gentlemen, again our checks from the Registrar General’s Department in Accra show that Zomef Enterprise and Demesco Construction Works that were fraudulently used for the Roads Reshaping at Anlo Afiadenyigba Nyravase and Aborlorve – Anyako Kpota for which Hon. Seth Yormewu approved Gh¢ 98,200.00 for no works done belong to the Keta Municipal Assembly’s Engineer Mr. Samuel Dompre.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we were so much saddened to hear on Jubilee Radio on 30th August, 2019 that Mr. Samuel Dompre seriously confronted Hon. Gilbert Korbla Keklie, the Anlo Citizen Vigilante who uncovered all the above allegations.
We sent our warnings to Mr. Dompre to apologize to the public for what he did but all fell on deaf ears.
Ladies and Gentlemen, in view of all the above issues of corruption, conflict of interest and abuse of public office or power allegations issued, we the citizens of Anloland cannot sit down unconcerned and allow monies meant for the developmental projects to be shared among a few individuals in our district assemblies.
The Local Governance Act, Act 936(2016) allows us citizens to hold all public officers including the representatives of the central government in our district assemblies accountable for how monies meant for our municipal and district assemblies are used.
We are therefore giving Mr. Samuel Dompre up to Friday, September 20, 2019 to resign from his position as the Keta Municipal Assembly Works Engineer since he did not respect our calls to apologize to the public for confronting Hon. Keklie. We are tired of the disrespect and abuse of power.
Are the monies not meant for our own community development? Don’t we have the rights to hold public officers accountable for how monies meant for our district assemblies are used?
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are also calling on His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akufo – Addo to remove Hon. Seth Yormewu from office within one week since the conducts of Hon. Yormewu do not represent the promise of the President to fight corruption and protect the public purse.
His Excellency, we the citizens of Anloland are so much afraid that the continuous stay of Hon. Seth Yormewu as the Chief Executive for Anloga District Assembly will bring no development to Anloland but rather to enrich Hon. Seth Yormewu and his relatives alone.
We are also appealing to government to call contractors on Shime and Anlo Afiadenyigba Havedzi roads back to the sites since the roads are in very deplorable conditions.
We are reminding government of our shares of One District One Factory Policy as well as the construction of Keta Port and the Water Project for Anyako as promised.
Ladies and Gentlemen and the media, we thank you all for coming.
God bless Keta Municipal Assembly and Anloga District Assembly!
God bless Volta Region!
God bless Ghana.
Delivered by:
Wonder Setsoafia Deynu
Convener, Concerned Citizens of Anloland.
Story filed by Edzorna Francis Mensah
