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General News of Saturday, August 3, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-08-03
The government is currently undergoing a 30-day business inquiry.
The Public Services Workers Union said its members were unaware of their fate after the suspension of the PDS concession agreement.
The government is currently undergoing a 30-day investigation into the alleged submission of false documents as part of its takeover of Ghana's electricity company.
Subsequently, the PDS accounts were frozen while investigations continued.
General Secretary of the Public Service Workers' Union Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi told Citi News that the ongoing difficulties have left workers confused.
"There is a lot of anxiety, apprehension, confusion. Workers continue to ask; Where are we? Are we employees of PDS, are we employees of ECG? We have just gone from ECG to PDS, the government now declares that the PDS contract has been suspended and that ECG will take over. "
"With these arrangements up to now, there has been no clear statement and this is causing concern among the workers. Now that all these accounts have been frozen by the IFC, we have not yet determined the terms they will put in place to ensure that employees receive their salaries and on time. "
The government of Ghana decided Tuesday to suspend a deal with PDS for electricity distribution in Ghana, immediately after discovering "fundamental and substantial breaches of PDS's obligation to provide payment guarantees. (guaranteed to). "
The details of the alleged offense revealed that the management and administrators of PDS, Meralco Consortium, had forged a document to finally close the deal.
The Ministry of Information said that the concession agreement with PDS is currently suspended on a temporary basis, pending the results of a thorough investigation conducted by members of various agencies concerned .
In an interview with Eyewitness News, industry minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that a final decision on what would happen to the PDS would be taken after the end of the investigation, but has cautioned not to draw immediate conclusions on this subject.
"It is unhealthy to engage quickly in the conclusion of the issue, especially since a thorough investigation is underway … Everyone has questions to answer, MiDA, the IFC, Millennium Challenge Compact, Government of Ghana, everyone has questions to answer, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said Wednesday in Eyewitness News.
ECG succeeds PDS
The Energy Commission has announced the appointment of the Ghana Electricity Company (ECG) as an interim operator responsible for the management and operation of the sales of electricity. electricity in the country.
In a statement, the Commission said the decision was based on reducing the validity of PDS's licenses because its on-demand warranties were declared null and void, among other recent developments regarding PDS's badumption of sales. of electricity in Ghana.
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