The Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Abigail Elorm Mensah, has disclosed that three government vehicles have been retrieved from the residence of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
“I went with National Security operatives to the residence of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Chairman Wontumi. There were five cars in total. We managed to retrieve three, and we are still pursuing him for the remaining two. He has to pay for them,” she alleged on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Wednesday, 10th September.
Ms Mensah explained that the operation, carried out with the support of National Security operatives, formed part of a broader drive to recover government loans and vehicles from defaulters.
According to the MASLOC CEO, the centre’s procedures require individuals who default on repayment obligations or misuse government vehicles to either return the assets or settle their outstanding debts: “Our practice is that once we seize the cars, the agreement stipulates that you must repay whatever has accrued before the vehicles are released back to you.”
Ms Mensah added that several cases of misappropriated assets have already been reported to the police as part of efforts to safeguard public property. “We have reported many of these issues to the police,” she confirmed.
“In one situation, a brother of former Vice President Seidu Imoro picked up a vehicle and boldly told us that since he had worked with it and now bought his own, we could come for it if we wanted. So we seized it,” Ms Mensah added.
