IMANI will not apologize to GNPC boss – Kofi Bentil

General News of Saturday, April 27, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-04-27

IMANI-Ghana, a senior policy official, said she was not to apologize to the chief executive of the Ghana Petroleum Commission (GNPC), K. K Sarpong, after claiming that "I'm going to be in the business." there was a conflict of interest with him over an agreement between GNPC and a private company.

At an event in Accra, IMANI's vice president, Kofi Bentil, alleged that the GNPC boss could be involved in a possible conflict of interest situation after logging in. KK Sarpong to Fueltrade Ghana Limited, the private company holding 2% of the capital. the DWT / CTP block.

Kofi Bentil said that if this interest persists, the position of Dr. K.K. Sarpong at the head of the GNPC, which is the main government negotiator on oil issues, raises questions.

However, the GNPC boss called the claim false.

"… I want to insist that neither my family nor I own the fuel trade as claimed by IMANI Ghana," said Dr. K. K. Sarpong in a statement released on Thursday.

According to him, the 2% stake that Fueltrade holds in the new discovery was acquired in 2014, prior to his appointment as general manager of the public entity in 2017.

The "unjustifiable claim", he said, caused him "an immense economic, political and social cost which he qualifies as" unacceptable "and, therefore," requires a withdrawal of such claim and an unqualified apology "from IMANI and Kofi Bentil" two weeks ".

But attorney Kofi Bentil in an interview with Starr News said that no excuse of this type would be presented.

"It was notoriously whispered at any time that Dr. KK Sarpong seemed to have some control over Fueltrade and when we checked, we did not see the name of Dr. KK Srapong in the Fueltrade directors, but we were told presented a certain he had significant control and the innuendo was that there could be a beneficial property or something of the kind. Our audits have not confirmed to us that this is the reason we used the word carefully, that it is alleged that Dr. Sarpong has some control or that family members might have one.

He added, "To that extent, we wanted him to clarify things. That's the word we used to not accuse Dr. Sarpong, we rather left him lucky because of the whisper that made some people know that he should be clearing himself. Mr. Sarpong came to clear, that is fine. If anybody bears his name, we can refer to Dr. Sarpong's denial of his control, so we can go from there … I've said a lot to explain that he's not going to get away with it. there was no excuse to make. "