The Power Ministry has discounted claims that it did not properly scrutinize the AMERI Energy power project before signing onto it.<\/p>\n
Sections of the Norwegian media have reported that neither the power company nor government did due diligence on the project which has resulted in some fraudulent transactions.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”JfxQlRLzceLwWXKtVlck817hidGG9mgW”]But the Public Relations Officer of Power Ministry, Mr. Edward Bawa discredited these claims.<\/p>\n
He said there was due diligence at every level, including even a parliamentary scrutiny before the multi million dollar deal was approved.<\/p>\n
\u201cBank of Ghana conducted a due diligence, internationally we got \u00a0J.P Morgan to the same, the Ministry of Power and Attorney General did same and Parliament also scrutinised the agreement before it was signed,”Bawa said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile one of the Norwegian Journalists, whose report has exposed some critical questions on the deal, Amund Bakke Foss, has in a Citi News<\/strong> interview insisted that the country could have acquired<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>the plants at a cheaper cost without AMERI, which played the role of \u201cmiddlemen\u201d.<\/p>\n The journalist questioned why Ghana contacted AMERI Power who also contracted another company in Greece METKA-which finally procured the equipment from American firm General Electric (GE) when the country could have purchased directly to cut down middlemen interference and cost.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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