{"id":310585,"date":"2017-04-14T10:15:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T10:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=310585"},"modified":"2017-04-14T10:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T10:15:45","slug":"addison-committee-in-conflict-of-interest-position-manteaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/addison-committee-in-conflict-of-interest-position-manteaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Addison committee in conflict of interest position \u2013 Manteaw"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), has said that the Addison committee constituted to investigate the AMERI deal signed by the erstwhile NDC government, is in a serious conflict of interest position following news that the committee\u2019s work in Dubai was sponsored by AMERI.<\/p>\n
The Platform in a statement signed by its Chairman, Steve Manteaw, expressed regret that most state officials were putting the credibility of their work in question by getting involved in shady engagements.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”FRL7keicebrmxWCkMnbVfLQs7baej6eB”]It said, the worrying trend was an affront to the fight against corruption, as state officers are indirectly influenced not to execute their mandate effectively by being sponsored by bodies they investigate to carry out the task.<\/p>\n
It added that \u201cIt also constitutes a big blow to the integrity of the personnel and institutions involved, as well as the credibility of their work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, reportedly admitted that the Addison Committee\u2019s trip to Dubai to investigate the deal, including hotel accommodation and air tickets were paid for by AMERI.<\/p>\n
This has raised many questions about the objectivity of the report it produced, which accused the erstwhile government of not doing due diligence in signing the contract, and therefore costing Ghana some extra $150 million.<\/p>\n