[ 2017-04-03 ]

Dr. Kwabena Donkor, former Minister of Power

Ghana lost GHC2 billion annually to dumsor - Minority
Ghana lost GHC2 billion annually to erratic power
supply during the four-year tenure of President
John Mahama, the Minority in Parliament has
revealed, adding that to stem the tide of dumsor,
the government at the time saw it prudent to sign
the $510million power deal with Dubai-based Ameri
Energy.

A member of the Minority’s Energy Committee,
Adam Mutawakilu, who served as the Vice Chairman
of the Mines and Energy Committee which analysed
the Ameri deal before its passage, told
journalists at a press conference in Accra on
Monday, 3 April that the Built Own Operate and
Transfer (BOOT) deal was “the best” for
Ghana.

“I can vouch that we perused it very well,
considering the outright purchase, the rental and
the BOOT [options] and I can tell you this is the
best for Ghana and we didn’t just look at it per
the price alone, we investigated to find out how
much Ghana losing yearly as a result of dumsor and
we came to the conclusion that Ghana was losing
about GHS2b (almost $450m), so, while you are
analysing the agreement before you, you must have
at the back of the mind what Ghana is losing.

“Every month, Ghana was losing about GHS160m so
we did all this and established that it was good
and that is why the committee by consensus
presented it to parliament and it was approved and
when this issue came up, parliament stated their
position clearly that the deal was a good deal for
mother Ghana and we should all embrace it,” Mr
Mutawakilu said.

In the view of the Minority, the Akufo-Addo
government is just being up to no good with its
claim of fraud in connection with the deal.

Source - classfmonline.com

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