{"id":307940,"date":"2017-04-04T16:18:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307940"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:18:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:18:11","slug":"independent-inquiry-needed-into-ameri-deal-acep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/independent-inquiry-needed-into-ameri-deal-acep\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent inquiry needed into AMERI deal &#8211; ACEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) will support an independent inquiry into the AMERI power deal.<\/p>\n<p>The centre insists that, such an enquiry will help lay to rest any doubts and debate currently ongoing about the appropriateness or otherwise of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Kp4dWpNi3nLcTJilqhzL3evVPUCCs7Yt&#8221;]In an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Deputy Executive Director at ACEP, Benjamin Boakye, opined that Ghanaians remained unconvinced by <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/27\/ameri-deal-to-be-abrogated-over-150m-bloated-commission\/\">the findings<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the 17-member committee under the Energy Ministry reviewing the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The committee indicated that, Ghana was made to pay $150 million extra in commission to Africa &amp; Middle East Resources Investment (AMERI) Group LLC \u00a0for the construction of a power plant.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, chaired by Philip Addison, a known NPP lawyer, also said it had discovered many lapses in the contract, which was worth $510 million, and was signed by\u00a0the John Mahama government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghanaians remain\u00a0unconvinced<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But more clarity on the issue, beyond the report findings, is needed to clear the air on the matter, Mr. Boakye said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Energy that commissioned the committee to work would have to speak these matters and clear the air about how the whole process went and also how he [the Energy Minister] can assure Ghanaians that he has a strategy for the many questions we have on our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still not convinced that we had value for money with that AMERI deal and people negotiated on behalf of Ghana. I think that if we get to speak to everybody that matters, we will find out what the true situation is and I think that an independent inquiry will deliver on these concerns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some these uncertainties stemmed from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/03\/kwabena-donkor-rubbishes-addison-committee-report-on-ameri\/\">a press conference<\/a><\/strong><\/span> held by the Minority in Parliament.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300292\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-300292\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dr.Kwabena-DonkorPower-Minister-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Kwabena Donkor \" width=\"668\" height=\"385\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor addressed the Minority press conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Minority said the 17-member committee had compromised itself when the Turkish firm connected to the AMERI deal, PPR, \u00a0funded the hotel bills and plane tickets of the Philip Addison-led committee\u2019s trip to Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority also questioned why the committee would not outrightly recommend the termination of the contract and take criminal action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) will support an independent inquiry into the AMERI power deal. 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