The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has described as misleading a response by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) regarding concerns he raised about the Authority’s assets.
In a Facebook post on Friday, April 17, Mr Assafuah said he had woken up to a statement from the NPRA attempting to address issues he highlighted during a press conference held a day earlier.
According to him, the Authority claimed in its response that it possesses only two Toyota Land Cruisers, purchased in 2023 and 2026 respectively, and challenged him to provide verifiable evidence to the contrary.
However, the MP rejected the assertion, insisting that the claim does not accurately reflect the situation. “Let me state clearly: that claim is misleading,” he stressed.
The NPRA, in a press release issued on April 16, had rejected the MP’s allegations as “false, misleading and unsubstantiated,” addressing concerns related to salary adjustments, procurement, consultancy engagements and a proposed head office project.
It clarified that it is not the custodian of pension funds under the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766), and denied claims of spending GH¢15 million on seven Land Cruisers, maintaining that it owns only two.
The Authority also dismissed claims about its head office financing, stating that the project remains under construction and has not been funded with pension contributors’ funds, while urging the MP to provide evidence to support his assertions.
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