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NDC MPs dare govt to abrogate AMERI deal or go to court if...
The committee in a report said, AMERI Energy plant have no license to operate in Ghana.
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A 17-member ministerial committee inaugurated by the Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko on February 1, 2017 and tasked to probe the controversial AMERI Power Agreement has recommended for a review of the emergency power deal.
The committee said the previous government through sole-sourcing questionably procured the power deal and has concluded that it was not only grossly unfair to the interest of Ghana, but could also be considered as fraud.
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The committee in a report said, AMERI Energy plant have no license to operate in Ghana.
The committee chaired by lawyer Philip Addison recommended to the government that it should call back owners of the company for renegotiation.
But the former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor addressing the media said government can abrogate the AMERI deal if it believes the deal was fraudulently signed.
He said the Mahama administration negotiated one of the lowest tariffs for Ghana as far as emergency power deals are concerned.
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READ MORE: Review AMERI deal - World Bank tells Ghana
"The normal thing in the energy sector is that emergency plants cost more, the tariffs in the emergency [deals] are higher, and, yet we were able to negotiate a tariff under emergency conditions that is lower than all other tariffs which were established under normal conditions," he said.
Meanwhile, former Deputy Minister of Energy and Petroleum John Jinapor said the committee tasked to probe the controversial AMERI power agreement is political.
He said the committee’s report is inaccurate and political.
The World Bank has also urged Ghana to review the AMERI power plant deal over concerns of generation capacity excesses.
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Read the full report here: Full report on $150m fraudulent AMERI deal
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