Monrovia — It appears that the alleged financial scandal hovering over the Deputy Minister for Administration at the Ministry of Finance, Bill McGill Jones, is far from ending, as documents in the possession of this paper point to more startling revelations surrounding the Budget Management System Contract and other software contracts awarded to RoviaGate Technology.
The document further revealed that on February 29, 2024, Deputy Minister Jones returned the document to the Procurement Unit with a written instruction to increase the cost to US$200,000 before affixing his signature; thus, delaying the contract though the ministry claimed it was pressed against time.
A statement from the Procurement Director, Eric Arkoi, on his official Facebook page, further disagreed with the deputy minister's justification, terming it as a singular attempt by Deputy Minister Jones to mislead the public and further embarrass the reputation of the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning.
According to the documents, when the same vendor, RoviaGate Technology, was reconfiguring and upgrading the entire Budget Management System in 2022, the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning negotiated the contract at US$180,000, even though the vendor had earlier quoted for US$250,000. Relying on the foregoing, further clarification is required into the Ministry's decision of negotiating an increment of US$20K instead of the previous amount, since no additional technical deliverable/work was required, unlike the previous years.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.