GWL gives details of questionable ‘Adu-Bohene GH¢1.3 internet contract’ involving National Security

The GH¢1.3 million monthly payment was the proceeds of an agreement for the National Security to provide internet service to the Ghana Water Limited (GWL).

The Acting Director of the GWL, Adam Mutawakilu, during an interview on TV3 over the weekend, gave details of the said contract between his outfit and National Security.

He said that the payment of the GH¢1.3 million started in 2018 and was done in two instalments every month till the contract was suspended in April 2025.

Adam Mutawakilu indicated that the payment was deducted from the GWL accounts automatically every month.

“They (the Ghana Water Limited) used to go private to be able to connect internet to the head office and all these regions and then the districts. So, when government under Nana Addo secured this internet and fibre optic installation at that time, they decided that okay, why don’t we extend not only Ghana Water but also to other government agencies. So, they will provide us with the internet and the cybersecurity to all, but at the end of the month, Ghana Water is required to pay some amount for maintenance.

“So, this agreement was entered into in 2018, and it (the 1.3 million) is on two instalments. So, you pay within the month 650 (650,000) and another 650 (650,000), and it is by standing orders – it’s like LCs, Ghana Water Company instructed that this amount should be deducted… it was paid every month from 2018. It was stopped in April 2025,” he said.

He added that it was the Director-General of National Security who spearheaded the agreement and gave out the bank account details the payments should be made into.

However, it turned out that the account details, even though they looked like that of the National Security, were not.

“We had an agreement with National Security, and we have a liaison officer to National Security.

“So, to the best of the knowledge of Ghana Water Company, we are paying the money to National Security… not knowing, a similar account was opened, just like National Security in terms of name and this money, this account was given to Ghana Water Limited to pay,” he said.

The GWL boss also disclosed that the said agreement – that is the supposed agreement that was signed by the Ghana Water Company and the National Security – is nowhere to be found.

“I’ve looked for the agreement up to now. I haven’t gotten the agreement… Somebody offered to give me the agreement. I asked the NIB, they don’t have it,” he said.

Watch his remarks below:

Ghana Water MD Adam Mutawakilu with more expose’, says Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) has been paying GHC1.3m monthly since 2018 to BNC under a National Security agreement to different account but has been suspended since April.
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