GH Management Consultants is suspended for 15 months of all tenders from theAfrican development bank.
The African Development Bank Group (ADB) announced that 16 January 2018 has entered into a negotiated agreement with GH Management Consultants and its managing partner, Mr. Georges HANIN.
An investigation by the AfDB Integrity and Anti-Corruption Bureau revealed that GH Management Consultants engaged in fraudulent practices as part of its participation in a competitive bidding process. consulting services for the Institutional Support Project in Statistics and Public Finance and during the subsequent execution of the same contract.
The Institutional Support Project in Statistics and Public Finance in the Democratic Republic of Congo is financed by the AfDB. Indeed, GH Management Consultants falsified their experiences in order to qualify for the market. In addition, the company failed to report a potential conflict of interest.
Under the terms of the agreement, taking into account their cooperation with the investigation, GH Management Consultants and Mr. HANIN will be excluded from any eligibility for ADB financing for a minimum period of fifteen months. The exclusion will be lifted at the end of the exclusion period provided that the members of the management of the company have followed a training in business ethics.
Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption:
The Integrity and Anti-Corruption Office of the African Development Bank is responsible for the prevention, deterrence and investigation of corruption, fraud and other punishable practices in operations financed by the African Development Bank. the African Development Bank Group.