The Ministry of Education (MoE) has been unable to recover a stolen Toyota Hilux vehicle that was taken at gunpoint from Kingsley Agyemang, the Central Regional Coordinator of the Free Senior High School Secretariat, in 2018.
According to MoE officials, the incident occurred while Agyemang was driving home to Kumasi from a funeral. Emmanuel Agyare, the transport manager at the MoE, explained during a Public Accounts Committee meeting that the vehicle was used for official duties and that the incident was reported to the police.
“The vehicle was used by the Central Regional Coordinator of the Free SHS. The incident happened at Kumasi Kwadaso, and it’s all in the police report. Apparently, he had returned from a funeral, that’s what the report says. Per the report we have, the driver wasn’t harmed, and he reported the incident. The police investigated the matter.”
The Public Accounts Committee has ordered Agyemang to pay the difference between the insured value and the current value of the vehicle after the Ministry claims compensation from the insurance company.
“We are going to recommend that you continue to pursue the state insurance company. Let them pay, definitely, they will not pay the current value of the vehicle, they pay the insured value minus 10 per cent. After you have received that money, the difference between that and the current cost of the vehicle should be bonded by Mr. Kingsley Agyemang.”
