State and a foreign business, but in an apparent attempt to get around the need for parliamentary approval, an entity has been created in Ghana to carry out the contract, according to Minority Spokesperson on Mines and Energy John Jinapor.
According to John Jinapor, there is a sense of corruption and opacity surrounding the contract.
In an exclusive interview, he stated that the government established a local corporation to facilitate the processes on its behalf since it planned to forego the parliamentary procedures in order to ratify those “dubious” contracts.
He clarifies that although one side in the government is “supporting Genser for the same resources, another faction is supporting Intel Logistics Bureau.”
He issued a warning, saying, “This could result in significant judgment debt against the state.”
The legislator from Yapei Kusawgu compared the arrangement, which he called “illegitimate, illegal, opaque, and clandestine,” to an earlier agreement that he called a “rip off,” in which “Genser is paying US$1.70 for gas that is supposed to be sold around US$6.00.”
The former deputy minister of energy also said that the chief executive of Ghana Gas is under pressure from some high-ranking government officials to approve some of the contracts.
He issued a warning to the government and the concerned firms, telling them to think things through because the next NDC administration will not support any such agreements.
The Minority wants to issue a warning, and let me be clear that we are aware of certain information suggesting that certain government officials at a high level are pressuring the CEO of the Ghana Gas Company to sign some of these questionable contracts.
I would like to state unequivocally that the next administration of John Mahama would not be bound by any unlawful contracts. As much as we value contracts, we will not uphold unlawful, ambiguous, secretive, or illegitimate agreements that contradict the Republic of Ghana, the speaker said.
