The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding
accountability from government as far as the PDS deal is concerned.
The
NDC insists government must give a detailed account of revenue
collected by the Power Distribution Services (PDS) during its operation
from March to October 2019.
Addressing a press conference Monday, the party’s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said: “from
our checks, the total amount of monies PDS collected of electricity
consumers in the form of electricity bills was over ¢1.5 billion but we
have not heard any official communication from the Akufo-Addo government
even though It’s been well over a year since the notorious PDS
concessionaire arrangement was terminated because of a fraudulent demand
guarantee. For this matter, Ghanaians and electricity consumers ought
to know the amount of money we paid to that fraudulent entity called PDS” he said.
Kweku Baako, reacting to this on Joy Newsfile programme, said the opposition party's demands are justified and 'legit'.
"In
principle, I'm with them on that score; you cannot be against it; it’s a
legitimate line of enquiry. It is the responsibility of the incumbent
administration to provide the answers," he stated.
He
further stated that the Boakye Agyarko bribery allegation which was
dealt with by parliament, cash for seat saga and others are pluses (in
terms of how they were promptly addressed) "but there are minuses" he
said and explained that “some of those minuses perhaps if you were
transparent and open about them, people’s criticisms might be minimized
so there is a challenge".
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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