Gambila granted bail

Page 3: Daily Graphic, November 26, 2011.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A FORMER Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Mr Boniface Gambila, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of GH¢500,000 with two sureties by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
Mr Gambila, who was detained overnight after reporting to the BNI on Thursday, is being investigated for some procurement transactions during his tenure as Director of the NSS between 2002 and 2004.
Sources close to the BNI told the Daily Graphic that the Auditor-General referred the matter to the BNI after an audit of the NSS accounts established that more than GH¢400,000 was not accounted for during Mr Gambila's tenure.
The sources said the deficit was in relation to the procurement of cooking utensils, bicycles and mattresses, among other items, purportedly procured for supply to personnel posted on national service.
According to the sources, although the items were paid for, there was neither evidence of the release of the items to the NSS nor delivery to the beneficiaries.