{"id":334900,"date":"2017-07-09T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T10:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334900"},"modified":"2017-07-09T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T10:11:21","slug":"boakye-agyarko-exonerated-bost-md-under-duress-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/boakye-agyarko-exonerated-bost-md-under-duress-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Boakye Agyarko exonerated BOST MD ‘under duress’ – MP"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament for Bongo, Edward Bawa has suggested that the Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko’s decision to exonerate the CEO of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) of any wrongdoing\u00a0in the contaminated fuel saga was made “under duress”.<\/p>\n
According to him, the Energy Minister’s call might have been influenced by orders from senior figures in government.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Wrq3AACiCFeDvbKEq8tBCgumfkVJZkdv”]A BNI and National Security report cleared the current CEO of BOST of any wrongdoing in the matter, and those comments were echoed by the Boakye Agyarko at a press conference.<\/p>\n
This conclusion was made before the Committee set up to investigate the matter had commenced their probe.<\/p>\n
There had been calls from the Minority for the current MD to step aside for investigations to proceed without external influence.<\/p>\n
But the Energy Minister stated at the press conference that “on the basis of previous practice, there was no wrongdoing at BOST on the sale of the 5 million litres of contaminated products.”<\/p>\n