The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has alleged that revenue from the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) are diverted to a third party due to certain contract arrangement.
The Minister at a press briefing on Monday, March 24, 2025 accused the previous Akufo-Addo administration of engaging in a third-party contract which he says receives NITA’s revenue.
According to Sam George, although services are operated using NITA’s infrastructure, a third-party firm receives the generated revenue. He said currently, NITA has only 25 Ghana Cedis in its account with the Bank of Ghana.
Addressing journalists on Monday, March 24 Sam George said he has invited the said third party firm for a meeting today, Tuesday, March 25.
“National Information Technology Agency (NITA), for example, has 25 Ghana Cedis, 8 pesewas as its bank balance at the Bank of Ghana. Meanwhile, the agency owes GHC813,486,505.89. This is the ministry we took over,” he lamented.
“NITA has a certain contract arrangement with a third-party vendor. I have summoned that third-party vendor to appear before me tomorrow because I do not understand how all the revenue coming to NITA is being redirected. The previous administration signed a contract that diverts all of these funds, giving them to a third party,” he alleged.
He noted that his Ministry is suppose to make some GHC4 million payment to the third party company for services, however, he has refused to approve the payment and referred the matter to the Attorney General.
“The payment for services using NITA’s infrastructure, which I was supposed to approve to a third-party company, was almost four million Ghana Cedis. I have refused to sign it and have referred it to the Attorney General.
“I will not authorise such payments until I understand why NITA is not receiving a dime while a private sector player is using NITA’s infrastructure and earning almost four million Ghana Cedis. Meanwhile, all the debt is sitting on NITA’s books while the revenue goes to the private sector,” he stated.
Describing the situation as a “true definition of state capture,” the Minister vowed to provide a detailed briefing to Parliament on the alleged financial mismanagement within the ministry.
“The ministry is a true definition of state capture. I will come to the house and brief the house extensively on the rot in the ministry.”
