General News of Thursday, 1 August 2019Source: citinewsroom.comGovernment altered original PDS deal for NPP cabals – MinorityEnergy Minister, John Peter AmewuThe Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of fudging the original Power Compact II agreement to handover the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to surrogates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Dent on ParliamentNational Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bongo said the suspension of the concession agreement with PDS has hugely dented parliament’s ability to diligently scrutinise agreements. Two, I think that it is a serious embarrassment on Parliament,” he said in a Starr News interview Wednesday. According to him, the suspension of the deal by the government a few months down the line is an indication of shoddy work done. But another energy think tank, the Institute of Energy Security is of a contrary view on the role of MiDA in the botched PDS deal.

Source: GhanaWeb August 01, 2019 16:30 UTC