{"id":321717,"date":"2017-05-23T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=321717"},"modified":"2017-05-23T06:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:30:23","slug":"parliament-will-review-atuabo-contract-akoto-osei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/parliament-will-review-atuabo-contract-akoto-osei\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament will review Atuabo contract – Akoto Osei"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei will be making sure the contract for $1 billion Atuabo Gas plant in the Western Region is brought\u00a0before parliament following allegations the deal was overpriced.<\/p>\n
“I am going to ask the Minister of Energy to take it up and bring it to Parliament, even if it is late so that at least, we know the true value,” the minister indicated on Eyewitness News,\u00a0<\/strong>despite the contract already being operational.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”etiqWPH5Z3btXQ9D9cd6liCkv5x5m8hd”]His statement comes after the Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI),\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Steve Manteaw alleged that the $1 billion cost of the Atuabo Gas plant was overpriced by $40 million<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n The Chinese company which undertook the project, SINOPEC, engaged in fraudulent activities in the execution of the project, Dr. Manteaw further alleged.<\/p>\n He told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0that Ghana Revenue Authority, which is investigating the matter, has so far recouped about $15 million from the company for bloating the contract sum.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Monitoring and Evaluation Minister was, however, operating on limited knowledge and said more definite steps will be taken after the contract is brought before Parliament.<\/p>\n “Let’s get there and lawyers can advise us. At least, let us have the information, interrogate it, see the nature of the so-called overpricing and then we can go further. Maybe some minister who was in the previous government will have to account for bracing the law,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n