The Africa Confidential report sighted by GhanaWeb, narrates that the Akufo-Addo administration appointed one Paul Asare Ansah, as the Director-General of GPHA, to rectify the wrongs of the MPS contract and restore GPHA’s equity. MPS’s influence with the new government was steadily growing.”Peter Mac Manu who was appointed in August 2017 as chairperson of the GPHA was also appointed to the board of MPS, and co-opted onto the ministerial investigating committee. “Mac Manu constantly interfered in the committee’s deliberations [offering] defences for MPS and [holding] the line against any notion of renegotiating the contract terms, a source on the committee told [Africa Confidential], which reported that Mac Manu firmly denied ‘any such allegation of interference”. Peter Mac Manu, the Africa Confidential report explained, denied that chairing the GPHA while sitting on the board of MPS, in which he said he has no pecuniary interest, was a conflict of interest. “The two bodies have a common interest in profitability,” the Africa Confidential said as sighted by GhanaWeb.

Source: GhanaWeb March 28, 2021 06:11 UTC