International • Created December 24, 2015 20:48

Ghana demands return of $500,000 spent on bus rebrand

Ghana has demanded a $500,000 (£350,000) refund after its transport ministry spent $1m to paint more than 100 buses with portraits of the country’s recent leaders. The contractor, Smartty’s Management Limited, has been asked to return the excess payment, the government said. On Wednesday, Transport Minister Dzifa Attivor resigned following a public outcry over the […]

Ghana demands return of $500,000 spent on bus rebrand
Ghana demands return of $500,000 spent on bus rebrand

Ghana has demanded a $500,000 (£350,000) refund after its transport ministry spent $1m to paint more than 100 buses with portraits of the country’s recent leaders.
The contractor, Smartty’s Management Limited, has been asked to return the excess payment, the government said.
On Wednesday, Transport Minister Dzifa Attivor resigned following a public outcry over the deal. Ghana is struggling with a large budget deficit and a widening public debt. The branding involved respraying the 116 imported passenger buses and adding portraits of the current President John Mahama, his three immediate predecessors and Ghana’s first head of state, Kwame Nkrumah.

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