Justice Amegashie, a former National Road Safety Authority and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) boss, has recounted his experience in the controversial Foto X contract saga, alleging that a document presented to him by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) showed a contract figure of $9.9 million instead of the $3.9 million he had approved.
In an interview with veteran broadcaster Kafui Dey, shared on YouTube, Justice Amegashie said he was surprised when EOCO presented the document, which appeared genuine and bore the necessary signatures.
He explained that he immediately proceeded to the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) to report the discrepancy and have the document verified.
However, officials at the authority were unable to locate the document showing the $9.9 million figure.
Speaking to Kafui Dey in an interview shared on YouTube, Justice Amegashie narrated, “One time when I went to EOCO… and then they showed me that $9.9 million instead of the $3.9 million.
Yeah, they said this is $9.9 million; this is a document that has been signed. And on the face of it, it did look like a genuine document. Oh, it looked like a genuine document.
Then from there I went straight to the Public Procurement Authority to report to one of the senior officers. They went looking for the document; they couldn’t find the document.
They couldn’t find it. And then the man said these procurement officers… that’s what he said… because they… we sent them the document before they approved. And when we signed, we gave them a copy”.
Justice Amegashie said the situation raised further questions about the involvement of DVLA management in the contract, particularly because the institution had been responsible for its implementation before he assumed office.
When asked about Kafui Dey about the theories of what happened, he stated, “As to how did this thing happen?
Certainly, when you look at the denials by the management… now management appeared before EOCO… and they said they did not know anything about it”.
He noted that the contract had been implemented between 2006 and 2009, before he took office, and argued that the officials responsible for overseeing its operations should have had institutional knowledge of the agreement.
According to Justice Amegashie, several key officials, including those in charge of management information systems, driver training and testing, finance and procurement, denied knowledge of the disputed document when they appeared before EOCO.
He added, “Can I ask you a question? Is it possible that management, who were implementing the contract from 2006 to 2009 when I came in… when I took office… when the contract is about to expire or about to be renewed… I alone will deal with the service provider without management? Is that possible?
“I mean, they are institutional memory. They were implementing the contract, and then the contract is a computerised license, and then the management information system says it doesn’t know anything about it.”
“The director, the one in charge of driver training, testing, analysis, says he didn’t know anything about it. Then the one in charge of finance… the license… maybe new features have been produced; a new price will have to be solicited… and he also says he didn’t know about it. Then the head of procurement, who, by section seventeen of the Public Procurement Act, is a secretary to the entity tender committee… and all of them say they didn’t know about it”.
“Then when I received the letter of EOCO on the seventh of June 2014, I called the head of procurement and said that EOCO had invited me; can you please give me a copy of the minutes of the entity tender committee? He said he doesn’t have it”.
He further narrated, “And I had… let’s say… I had straight pain in my stomach because how could the secretary to the entity tender committee say that he doesn’t have a copy of the minutes of the meeting that we attended…”
He argued that the incident raised suspicions that someone within the institution could have altered the contract figure.
Justice Amegashie added, “Yes, alarm bells started going off in my head that no, it’s possible he had changed the figure… that’s why he’s standing [denying]… and now I can give facts on the issue and that will establish whether it’s me who changed the figure or somebody who is still working there”.
Watch the video below:
Mr. Amegashie once visited EOCO, where he was shown a document stating $9.9 million instead of the $3.9 million he had approved. He immediately went to the Public Procurement Authority, but officials there could not find the $9.9 million document. Watch full interview here https://t.co/nxXYXdbbY7 #KafuiDeyInterviews
— Kafui Dey (@KafuiDey) November 10, 2026
