Suspended PDS: Was Ken Ofori-Atta asleep? – Dr. Kwabena Donkor asks

General News of Thursday, August 1, 2019

Source: Daniel Oduro-Mensah

2019-08-01

In the aftermath of the electricity delivery service debacle, the former Minister of Energy and Oil under the Mahama administration, Dr. Kwabena Donkor 's strongly let go of at the Ministry of Finance and questioned the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, he slept at the signing. the contract with the PDS.

Mr. Donkor, who is also a member of the Parliament's Mining and Energy Committee and Member of Parliament for the Pru East constituency, accused the minister of failing to exercise due diligence before finalizing the agreement. With the PDS.

According to him in an interview with Isaac Boamah Darko, the presenter of the morning TV show Maakye Morning Show in Accra, the act of the Minister of Finance has brought shame and shame to the whole from the country. investigation to investigate all matters relating to the suspension of the contract.

Last Tuesday, the government, through the Minister of Finance, in the mid-year budget review statement, was referring to the withdrawal of the electricity utility license for some significant violations of the agreement. concession, with immediate effect.

In a statement to the media, the PDS declared itself ready to submit to all the processes in order to unravel the veracity and the crux of the problem.

Context

The Ghanaian electricity company (ECG) has temporarily resumed its activities as a Ghanaian electricity distribution company following the suspension of the Power Distribution Service (PDS) concession agreement.

The Energy Commission issued a statement announcing its provisional appointment of the ECG because the agreement between Ghana and PDS had been "compromised".

The Committee noted in the statement that PDS's on-demand guarantees to ECG had been "disallowed".

The Commission asked PDS to facilitate the transition.

"As a consequence of the foregoing, PDS shall facilitate and provide ECG with the necessary access to all billing systems, metering operations, payment accounts necessary for the effective operation of the retail license."

In a statement, the government announced Tuesday that the PDS concession deal had been suspended after the government had discovered certain violations of the company's obligation to provide payment guarantees.

The PDS responded to the government's statement stating that it had always acted in good faith and "will continue to act in good faith at all times.