The 8-member investigative committee was set up to determine the circumstances that led to controversial sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed firms.

[contextly_sidebar id=”AUL5ai1AU8zXRiC3zGLIKB8SrhuV9PxD”]It was also tasked to determine the circumstances that created the off-spec product and review the procedures undertaken by BOST to evacuate the product, among others, and subsequently submit its report to Parliament.

According to Mr. Bawa, the committee was given two weeks to conclude its investigations and advise the Minister on the way forward, however after five months since its constitution, the committee’s report is yet to be made public.

The Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, in assigning reasons for this delay in Parliament, had revealed that members of the committee had asked for extensions to help them bring other experts on board to assist them in their work.

“Mr. Speaker, the committee sat, yes, their report is delaying, but on three occasions, they asked the Ministry for extension in order to bring in pipeline, engineering experts to aid their work. All that Mr. Speaker has been completed as indicated previously, and I can assure you that as soon as the white paper is docked, I will release the report and make them available,” Mr. Boakye Agyarko stated in Parliament.

But Mr. Bawa who is not convinced with Mr. Agyarko’s response, insisted that the committee had not even met, adding that there was no report to submit despite assurances from the Minister.

“Based on certain pieces of information I have gotten from persons close to the Ministry, it is my contention that this committee actually never met and there is no report that exists,” Mr. Bawa insisted.

The MP, on Eyewitness News,  challenged the Minister to “produce a report and give minutes” of the committee’s sittings to prove that it indeed sat.

Bawa’s claims untrue – C’ttee member

Meanwhile, a member of the committee, Kofi Kapito of the Consumer Protection Agency, has dismissed Mr. Bawa’s claims.

Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Kapito said “it is a total lie for Mr. Bawa to suggest that we did not meet as a Committee on the matter.”

“As a member of the committee, I can produce the weeks, the dates and the number of dates that we sat. This is why I am disappointed that a whole MP will have the audacity to make such a statement when he doesn’t have the facts. I was a member of the committee and I have the facts,” Mr. Kapito insisted.

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The food items included rice, sugar and mats to support them during the period.

Mr. Bawa said the significance of Ramadan in praying for the Bongo District and its development underpinned his support for Muslims in the district as they make amends with  Allah.

Mr. Bawa said this when he presented the items.

“Ramadan in Islam is the period where Muslims fast and ask for purity. It is also the time when Muslims pray for God’s intervention in the activities of men in the  District. So I came to present these items to them to support and facilitate their spiritual activity and ask for prayers for the development of the District and the constituency” Mr. Bawa noted.

He used the opportunity to condemn the unfortunate growing trend of mob action in the country, and urged Muslims to use to period of Ramadan to educate the youth to refrain from such barbaric acts.

Mr. Bawa noted that, mob action is common in the North as person accused of stealing and witchcraft are often attacked, adding that, mob action can only stop if the security and justice agencies can command the trust of Ghanaians.

“…And I will continue to appeal to the police that, these mob actions will continue to happen unless people begin to trust security agencies and the agencies that take care of justice in our country. Let me appeal to the police that, when they hand over these suspects, they should do thorough investigations, and if the need is to prosecute the suspects, it should be done, so that people will begin to have confidence in state institutions and  the lynching of people will stop.”

Mr. Sulemana Asanka, who received the items on behalf of the District Imam, expressed gratitude for the kind gesture.

He prayed against all forms of negativity in the district and asked Allah for the progress and development of the district. He said, the period will be used to sensitize the youth against all forms of violence especially mob actions and other social vices.

Mr. Asanka said the donation of the items was timely, and that every Muslim in the district will receive the rice and sugar to support themselves during the period of Ramadan.

He bemoaned the neglect of the district in the selection of Muslims for Hajj, and appealed to the government to get the Muslim community in Bongo District a slot to Mecca for Hajj this year.

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By: Frederick Awuni/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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