The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, has disclosed that the immediate past National Democratic Congress (NDC) government bedeviled his ministry with a whopping $2.4 billion in debt.
According to him, this is a huge challenge, and in order to tackle it head on, he needed civil servants who are not politically biased to work with.
Mr. Boakye Agyarko has, therefore, suggested to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, of which is he is part, to retire civil servants who are found to have affinity towards the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Those who are below their retirement age, he suggested, should be widely dealt with to to the line of the state and government of the NPP.
"It is important for us, as a party, to work hard and expose and shame any NDC civil servant who will dare do any dubious thing to make the NPP government unpopular," he said, adding: "What do you think will happen to me and the state, if I should continue to have some NDC civil servants in certain critical positions?"
Promising that his Ministry would tackle the debt head on, Mr. Agyarko said he had plans of negotiating some of the contract agreements the NDC government entered into with the government's partners, In order to save the state from any form of judgement debt.
Principal agencies subset of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum are the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Bulk Oil and Storage Transport (BOST) and Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), and going forward, Mr. Agyarko said he would hold constant checks and surveillance on all those agencies, to prevent some of the dubious contractual arrangements that went on there.
In view of this, Boakye Agyarko vowed not to make himself a prey to cronies who think they can use his sector to satisfy their financial greed and personal desires.
The NPP government, he said, would ensure that it has protected and preserved the sovereignty of the State, through prudency and contracts that would bring value for money.
Appearing on Oman FM's night political talk show-Boiling Point-on Tuesday this week, Mr. Agyarko said the NPP should safeguard the interest of its loyal party faithful, by getting them to occupy the positions, such as those of the civil servants whose party ideologies and beliefs are divergent from that of the NPP government.
"Most of our loyalists in the civil service were humiliated by the administrations of Mills and Mahama, and so for me, we have to urgently cater for such victims. We can't disregard the vigorous efforts of the grassroots who have given us the power," he noted.
Source: The Chronicle
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It is now becoming clear why this man was accused by Ayariga without any credible facts. His ministry is beset with huge levels of corruption which is why Ghanaians are paying more for fuel than UK and USA. I guess he is annoyed at what he has exposed but it would have been prudent to have kept things to himself and carried out the sackings and change of staff without this public exposure. Sadly though it is not only his ministry that is bedeviled with these kind of problems. A proper shake up is required in all ministries in the country to stop the wastage, stealing and inefficiencies.
Tso Nuka. Am Disappointed. A whole minister who has experience the beauty of democracy in the US of A. Sorry for my country GH.
The comments show that Agyarko is right. Ndc is dubious and the worst thing ever happened to Ghana. So are saying he should keep the evil minded civil servants who have caused the nation so much debit?? Shaaaaaame on you all Togolis who see themselves as Ghanaians. Minister please don't waste your time on them. Clear them.
Another ***barred word*** minister who have to bribe before getting approval ***barred word*** if I meet you any where in world I will clap the ***barred word*** out of your dirty ***barred word***. ***barred word*** man
The Bank of New York Fraudster and Bribe giver can only find his voice on Oman FM.He should know that his NPP will not be in power forever and the all their actions and lies are being chronicled.
EEEH WHAT IS GOING ON...WHERE ARE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS...ARE WE SAFE...IS CHANGING GOVERNMENT DEMOCRATICALLY A REVOLUTION....WE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE...KOFI COOMSON WE ARE BRINGING YOU YOUR STONE
This attitude of I cant work with NDC civil servants by this novice must be condemn outrights. So is it a fact that the former administration sacked all NPP civil servants. Agyarko want to polarize the peaceful working environment with elephantic tactics. we are watching the loud mouth Rev. Prof. Martey to ask his partisan question ENYANSA FUOOO MU WOR HIN?
Agyarko is likely to be a failure. for someone who has lived in the united states to make such suggestions is pathetic.
It's a sate debt and not NDC debt.
What a dubious minister, this man could turn out to be. You have just been appointed and your first and immediate thought is political cleansing of the people you perceived as enemies. So what are going to do to identify those you think are the NDC sympathisers, by roll call and hands up if you are NPP party card holder. Is NPP becoming and behaving like Boko Haram people of Nigeria. Recite the Quran or otherwise you are a dead man walking. This is dangerous trend Mr Boakye Agyarko,