August 8,2016
In its haste to save the country a few million dollars a month, the government single sourced a contract to store pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Public Health and while the company’s name was revealed, Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton would not provide the names of its principals or the duration of the contract.
According to Norton, government was paying the New GPC $19.2 million a month to store the pharmaceuticals and wanted a cheaper facility. He later said that with the “exorbitant price called by the New GPC” there was an urgency to find a new storage facility.
The government now pays the new rental company, registered as Linden Holding Company, $12.5 million a month and according to the minister there was no public tendering because it “was an emergency” He said the company’s facility was PAHO/WHO approved, but no certification was given by the named international agency since that is not its mandate.
This outright stealing is the building worth that amount rental ??
Yes that is equivalent to US $60,000.mthly