Snippets of information gathered about a yet-to-be aired documentary on a scandal at the National Lottery Authority (NLA) show that the country lost at least a whopping $10 million through procurement breaches when the authority purchased new point of sale devices as part of its digitization drive.
Ghana’s National Lottery Authority(NLA) is seen as a good example in lotto administration and management in West Africa. Last year, officials from the lottery authority of Ivory Coast visited the NLA to learn how to improve its management of the lottery industry in Ivory Coast.
The documentary, set to air on Joy News this night, will likely mar the respectable image of the authority which has been the subject of study by other lottery authorities in the West Africa subregion.
Under the leadership of ?Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, the authority procured the new point of sale devices to better monitor sales and revenue at the cost of twenty five million dollars. But investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has through his investigations revealed that the authority wilfully inflated the cost by at least ten million dollars,
In the words of the authority, the move was to “monitor the sales and revenue generated in real time, the National Lottery Authority(NLA) has introduced new Point of Sale Terminals known as Android Point of Sale Terminals. This Android Point of Sale Terminals have special features which help the Authority to monitor business of the day in real time as well as ensure transparency and accountability of the process.
The Android Point of Sale Terminals is far better than Analogue Point of Sale Terminals.”
