A private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong has asked government to come clear on the status of the Power Distribution Service (PDS).
According to him, government must tell Ghanaians if the PDS contract has been terminated or not.
“Our government must do us a favor by explaining whether or not PDS is terminated and if so by what instrument. As to whether there has been fraud or not, I think even people who speak for government on this matter do not agree on the same issues”.
Mr. Oppong further noted that he does not see why there should be a termination of the PDS contract since the company lived up to his expectation.
“As far as I’m concerned, I get power regularly despite the intermittent cuts. As far as I can see, I have not seen any issue of non-performance to warrant a termination of their contract” he said in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report.
Meanwhile the government of the United States has withdrawn the second tranche of $190 million dollars meant for Ghana under the millennium power compact.
A statement announcing the decision described government’s decision to terminate the contract as “unwarranted”.
“The United States of America notes this decision with regret. Based upon the conclusions of the independent forensic investigation, the U.S. position is that the transfer of operations, maintenance, and management of the Southern Distribution Network to the private concessionaire on March 1, 2019, was valid, and therefore the termination is unwarranted.
“As such, MCC has confirmed that the $190 million funds granted to Ghana at the March 1 transfer to the 20-year concession from ECG to PDS are no longer available.
“The United States underscores the importance of contract sanctity as essential to a conducive investment climate and a pre-condition for inclusive economic growth. In this spirit, the United States has worked with the Government of Ghana since the latter’s July 30 suspension of the concession in the hopes of finding a mutually acceptable solution that respected contract sanctity and the Government of Ghana’s interest in restructuring the concession”.