General News of Thursday, 13 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comKweku Baako confirms intense pressure on Kwamena Ahwoi to award contract to Eddie Annanplay videoAbdul Malik Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief, New Crusading Guide NewspaperAbdul Malik Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, says Prof Kwamana Ahwoi’s account that there was intense pressure on him to award a waste management contract to Eddie Annan, a known NDC financier and businessman said to be a confidante of the former president is true. Baako who was a panelist on Peace FM's Kokooko Morning Show Wednesday said that Mr Amarteifio told Eddie Annan or his representative that they (AMA) have some disagreement with his proposal so they cannot sign the contract as he wanted. “I was also concerned that we did not know of the track record of the Canadian company that was actually to execute the contract in terms of waste management. I formally wrote to the Attorney General for a legal opinion on the contract. Prof. Ahwoi stated that AMA could not pay the damages, therefore, the court ordered the sale of its properties including the AMA head office and residence of its MCE.

Source: GhanaWeb August 13, 2020 06:33 UTC