The decision was taken by a consensus from the Committee and the Sekondi Member of Parliament is expected to be approved.
After his vetting on Monday, June 7, Mr Mercer had to wait a bit longer for a decision on his nomination owing to some answers he gave regarding his âdirect or indirectâ involvement in the botched attempt by the Power Distribution Service (PDS) Ghana Limited to take over the operations of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
A Committee member earlier insisted on the suspension of the nomination due to some unfavorable answers to questions posed by members of the Committee in relation to the botched PDS deal in which he acted as a Director and a Secretary for TG solutions, one of the parties to the deal.
Joe Osei Owusu
In a response to the said question, he said: âYou can disclose an interest where one exists but if you donât have any interest, I fail to see how you can be called upon to declare an interestâ.