One honestly tries to decipher how all these acts of corruption continue to occur, and nobody, ever, gets punished for it.

In most instances, since nobody gets punished for defrauding the state; it serves as little disincentive to those hoping to go down that path in the future. After all, the worse that could happen upon discovery is being asked to refund the money (think Woyome)

The past CEO of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Mr Justice Amegashie, made an appearance before the parliamentary select committee on Roads and Transport on Tuesday.

In an attempt to explain how a contract for $3.6m to supply materials for the body to print drivers licences somehow ballooned to $9.9m; Mr Amegashie made a very poor job of it, simply apologising and blaming the entire transaction on human error.

So when an agreed sum tripled, nobody in the negotiation picked up on it and somehow everybody signed the document?

Mr Amegashie’s great defence was that ‘to err is human’, and that he did not realise the change before authorising the contract.

The DVLA in 2013 entered into a contract with Foto X-Limited for the procurement of materials to help print driver’s licenses. The agreed sum of $3.6m somehow transformed to $9.9m on the final contract.

The discovery of the discrepancy led to the commencement of an investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). To noone’s surprise, parliament had no qualms with what had happened- only stating that companies should be more strenuous in vetting contracts in future.