This follows the directive by the Chief of Staff to the Attorney General to recover excess payment for the controversial contract.
A statement from the Flagstaff House said a payment schedule submitted by lawyers for Smarttys indicated that the said amount will be made in three installments with the first to be paid by the end of January, 2016.
Also, Attorney General has confirmed that the total amount to be refunded has been reviewed from GH¢1.9 million to GH¢1,548,608.04, due to the revised Value Added Tax position, revised Withholding Tax position and a set-off of GH¢27,173.74 being over deduction of withholding tax on the original payment.
“Government’s decision to spend GHc3.6 million of Ghana’s oil revenue on re-branding some 116 Metro Mass Transit (MMT) buses has been widely criticized by many Ghanaians,” it said.
Source: Newsghana.com.gh
