News:
October 23, 2017
Committee on Mines and Energy willmeet former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor over the transaction between the government of Ghana and AMERI during the tenure of the past administration lead by former President John Mahama.
The committee will seek some answers on the $510 million dollars thermal plant deal following an urgent motion by MP for Adansi Asokwa K. T Hammond to revoke the deal.
In an interview with the Chairman of the committee, Emmanuel Kwasi Gyamfi he told ghanamps.com the media will not be allowed to sit in the committee as was done in the case of K. T Hammond and rather the media will be briefed after the various person expected to come before the committee appear.
Mr. KT Hammond argues that AMERI Energy made over 150 million dollars as profit for no work done. He told Starr News Ameri Energy deceived parliament to obtain approval.
“Ameri Energy made a whopping killing of 150million at the expense of the poor taxpayers of this country, this was not what the committee meant to present to Parliament for approval and indeed this is not what I as a ranking member of the committee of mines of energy intended to support when the motion was moved in Parliament”.
The minority in parliament has been boycotting the sittings of the committee as they served notice they will not be part of the committee to discuss the AMERI deal.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com