{"id":185802,"date":"2016-01-31T05:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T05:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=185802"},"modified":"2016-01-31T05:50:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T05:50:16","slug":"omane-boamah-has-no-shares-in-our-company-afriwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/omane-boamah-has-no-shares-in-our-company-afriwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Omane Boamah has no shares in our company \u2013 Afriwave"},"content":{"rendered":"
Afriwave Telecom Limited, the company believed\u00a0to be ‘illegally’\u00a0receiving payments<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for a job Subah Info solutions is rendering to the nation in the telecom sector, has rejected the\u00a0claims, and also dismissed reports that Dr. Omane Boamah, the Communications Minister, has shares in the firm.<\/p>\n The said claims were made by Member of Parliament for Obuasi West, Kwaku Kwarteng, who said he has cause to believe that the Minister of Communications has a personal\u00a0interest in Afriwave.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”qN9oAINxTSpPVD3LZbg2Go5v16quZ84Y”]The company in a statement said, the Minister, Omane Boamah \u201chas no personal interest in Afriwave Telecom and \u201cdoes not and has never held any shares in the company.\u201d<\/p>\n Kwaku Kwarteng last week accused the Communications Minister of \u2018criminally\u2019 imposing Afriwave on the telecom operators in the country although a contract with Info Subah Solutions to track revenues generated from international, on-net and off-net calls in the country, has not yet elapsed.<\/p>\n The MP further argued that the move is against the laws of the country hence must be reversed immediately.<\/p>\n Although\u00a0the Ministry in a statement denied\u00a0Kwaku Kwarteng\u2019s allegations<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the MP still stood by his claims<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n The Ministry said the NCA decided to allow Afriwave to carry out monitoring trials on the telcos so that \u201cby the expiry of the existing contract in May 2016, the nation will not lose revenue as a result of the transition.\u201d<\/p>\n