When the house reconvenes, the Minority in Parliament has announced that it will request a value-for-money report on the $240 million authorized for the 13th African Games, which will take place in Accra.

Despite the substantial $240 million spent on the event, the Caucus recently voiced concerns about the event’s poor organization, the absence of clear policies for trade facilitation and tourism promotion, and the lack of strategies for economic viability.

Kobena Mensah Woyome, the ranking member of the Youth and Sports Committee, told Citi News that the value for money report will reveal the precise cost of the continental competition.

“As I speak to you today, we haven’t received it [the value for money report]. So why haven’t we received it [the Value for Money report]? And not that we have not been asking. We have been requesting [for it] at meetings but we are yet to receive it.

“The experts in the industry and the engineers in the industry are calling and saying that looking at how much money we used for this ABCD, per their professional calculation, they think they are not just the best.

“So we have to do something more scientific. So we are working on looking at the infrastructure, how much money we used and so if they have the value for money report, then they should make it available for us.”