No inquiry on BMC
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Government spokesperson Jeff Ramsay said that the appointment of Dr Akolang Tombale, and the independent investigations by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) were enough to root out the causes of problems at BMC.
"To my knowledge there is no Commission of Inquiry at this stage, but rather a team of investigators working alongside Dr Tombale to look into what went wrong, as well as take corrective actions. As the President recently stated, Dr Tombale is reporting fortnightly to Cabinet," Ramsay said to our inquiries.
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