The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has flagged the alleged payment of two million cedis to Ghanaian artiste, Shatta Wale by Ghana’s Exim Bank.
A member of the Committee, Ras Mubarak, raised concerns over the said amount during a PAC sitting yesterday (September 9).
He insisted it was not prudent for Exim Bank to pay such an amount to an artiste to promote products made in Ghana.
In response to the query however, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Kwame Adu-Darkwa, said the bank contracted a media consultancy to deal with matters of such nature.
He insisted the artiste was not paid directly by Exim Bank.
On his part, Chairman of the Committee, James Klutse Avedzi said his office will soon invite officials from the bank to provide details of the said payments to the dancehall artiste and other brand ambassadors.
