The Minister-Designate for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has stated that there is no formal contract for the E-Gate system at Kotoka International Airport (KIA).Speaking during his vetting on January 20, Agbodza raised concerns about the procurement process and the financial figures associated with the project.

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The E-Gate system was initially reported to cost $240 million, but the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) later dismissed this figure, claiming it was incorrect.Agbodza clarified that the system was part of an ongoing modernization initiative by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and was intended to be implemented without additional cost to the government, as the GCAA was already working on a similar system.

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“If the government had listened to what I was saying, it wouldn’t have resulted in some of the embarrassment we saw at the airport when the former Vice President was trying to commission it. There is not even any contract for the E-Gate. There is no contract for the $1.7 million they were talking about.

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“When I started talking, this project was already being implemented by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the E-Gate was supposed to be done for free so when I started talking, they went and prepared a memo for it.”

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