The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has revealed how Ghana Water Company illegally paid GH₵1.5 million monthly to a private company owned by former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahen for internet services.
According to him, Ghana Water was contractually obligated to pay GH¢650,000 biweekly to secure internet services.
However, instead of paying these payments to the official NSB account, the embattled former Director-General allegedly diverted the funds into a private company account—Bureau of National Communications Company Limited—which he co-owns with his wife.
“The contract document showed that Ghana Water was to pay BNC the sum of 650,000 Ghana cedis every two weeks for secure internet services from BNC, that is the Bureau of National Communications.
“However, for purposes of the payment, Kwabena Adu Buahene provided the account details of his company, BNC Communication Limited, to Ghana Water, which religiously paid for the Internet services,” he detailed.
In 2020, after the Bureau of National Communications (BNC) officially rebranded to National Signals Bureau (NSB), the Ghana Water Company requested that payments be made to the new NSB account.
However, the Attorney General at a press conference on Wednesday disclosed that Mr. Adu-Boahen continued to reroute the payments into his private company’s account after receiving them at the official bureau.
“This criminal enterprise involved the purported provision of secure Internet services to Ghana Water Company Limited by the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications, now National Signals Bureau,” Ayine stated.
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