Immediate-past Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye has described as 'lies' allegations he illegally paid out GH¢1.6 million to a contractor for the construction of a stadium in New Edubiase.
The claim was made by his successor Isaac Asiamah in a written response to a question from the Member of Parliament for New Edubiase Mr George Oduro.
Asiamah is suspicious because the amount in question-which was part payment- was not budgeted for.
The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) is to initiate a probe into the allegations to ascertain the source of funding for the project.
But Vanderpuye in his response on Joy FM's Top Story programme said: ''I don’t know where the Minister got that information from. It is a lie.
''It is naïve to say money was paid in cash, how was this known? Did they take a photo?.''
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