General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said that President Akufo-Addo is only using former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko as a scapegoat to cover up the shame brought on his government and himself.
According to him, the President was aware of the deal and had clandestinely wanted to have his way through with it.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he said the President refused to tell Ghanaians what necessiated the removal of Boakye Agyarko in the press statement, as such he should come clear.
"He is the worst culprit, but he wants Ghanaians to believe that he is clean," he accused the President.
He said the President has a lot of explanations to do, including how Nana Asante Bediatuo took the Executive Order to Parliament for approval.
A letter dated 6 August 2018, signed by Director of Communications at the presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, said Mr Agyarko is to hand over his office to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, who will act temporarily as Minister of Energy, until a substantive appointment is made.
The President wished Mr Agyarko well in his future endeavours.
John Boadu says President acted right
However, General Secretary of the NPP, Mr. John Boadu who admitted that the Ameri deal was wrong, said the president acted rightly.
Speaking on the same platform, he explained that the NPP government is committed to reviewing the Ameri deal.
"The Preident has done what he is supposed to do and he owes no one any explanation, we will review the deal to recoup what was wrong in the NDC's deal," he disclosed.
Background
Mr Agyarko’s dismissal is in connection with the Novation and Amendment Agreement of the controversial $510 million Ameri deal signed by the John Mahama administration in 2015.
Mr Agyarko came under heavy criticism when he claimed that Ghana will gain $405 million from the new power deal with Ameri Energy but it was discovered that the country will rather lose up to $472 million.
Revised Ameri Deal
The Akufo-Addo government took the revised deal to Parliament last week under a certificate of urgency, but the House deferred its deliberation on the contract due to concerns over the cost and value for money.
Under the new proposal, the Greece-based Mytilineos International Trading Company was to assume management responsibility for the AMERI emergency power-generation arrangement negotiated by the past NDC government, in effect extending the original outsourcing agreement by ten more years.
In the supposed renegotiated agreement, government is expected to extend the $510 million deal from its original five years to 15 years with the government committing over $700 million to it.
Management of Ameri Energy has since stated that it had no discussions with government with regards to the power plants and the new deal with Mytilineos.
Source: Isaac kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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NDC is so desperate they can't think right. Thievessssssss like you, have stolennnnnnn $150 million dollars from Ghanaians, and you are not begging Ghana and Africa, for stealinggggggg from us and even trying to take that kind of stealinggggggg by your avowed stealerrrrrrrr to Namibia, and you believe you have a point, in a deal which has even made your case much, much worse. If NDC was sensible this is a matter they will not try in their desperate attempt to draw the President into, given the action that has been taken. Whilst the AG, Finance Min and Majority leader as well as the President of the Republic of Ghana are acting in the interest of Ghana, under similar circumstances, Mahama and you thievesssssssss, stole $150 million dollars from Ghanaians. The difference is clear. NDC is toast and your $150 million dollars stealingggggggg is still on the books, hasn't gone anywhere and the stench is rising ever so high into the high heavens. The sad aspect is you are so dumbbbbbbbbb not to see you are losing.
there's a misconception going round that Boakye Agyarko stabilized the dum-sor situation. Kwabena Darko and Mahama stabilized dum-sor for all eternity before they departed the scene. the media should stop misleading Ghanaians. also boakye agyarko has 3 deputies. why are they still at post ??? who are those calling boakye agyarko competent?? look up the meaning of the word before using it.
Massa for me Asiedu Nketia is correct on his views about the reviewed proposal of the AMERI deal ;the fact is that two wrongs does not make a right because Nana Addo and the NPP told us how flawed the AMERI deal was and promised to review the deal ; the point ASiedu Nketia is making is legitimate because how can a whole President with letters in the law and economics fail to support the utter attempt to mislead him on the reviewed AMERI deal ; the question is was Nana Addo aware and was he involved in a collusion gone wrong to dupe Ghanaians again to raise funds privately because the NDC created the AMERI deal with a inflated deal of 150 million dollars to b or was it a set up by Nana Addo and his teamster of the akyem mafia including Gabby ;Bediatuo and Freema to derail Agarkyo from relising his ambition to be president ;POLITICS IS A very DIRTY GAME AND A GAME OF THRONES !!!!!!! ;for me the truth was that AGarko was tricked into the vipers den and eaten alive ; the reasons are siple ; Nana addo was suppose as the President to ensure due dilligence ; how come he did not ask for the AG's ; and why did Nana Addo by pass the procuremet oofice and the Finance Department for comments where his nephew Offori-atta could have advised him on the merits of the reviewed dea; for me Nana Addo was deeply involved in the st to oust Agarko.
I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN NPP.YOU ARE MAKING FOOOLLL OF YOURSELF WITH A DEAL FROM NDC.NPP MUST GO BEHIND THE DEAL AND JAIL THOSE NDC GUYS BEHIND THIS DEAL AND MAKING A FOOOLLL OF YOURSELVES.HOW CAN NANA ADDO SACK COMPETENT MINISTER OVER THIS?MAHAMA WON'T DO THAT.LISTEN TO THE MINORITY AND CIVIC SOCIETY BODIES WHO ARE IN BED WITH THE NDC AND DESTROY YOUR OWN GOVERNMENT.
110 ministers, over 1000 presidential staffers akuffo addo wants to tell us boakye agyarko is the only one ??? you can't phool all the people all the time.
So must this man speak on any issue? ahba And peacefm online has time for this man ohooo
We leave in a country made up of wicked greedy wicked people like Jerry and his wife Konadu Agyemang. The disgrace that is coming upon Nana Addo is because of Jerry and her wife. Jerry sees all the formal president as saints except himself and Nana Addo.God will disgrace Jerry more than he did to Mills and Mahama. Shame will never depart from Jerry Rawlings if he continue to remain in his greed. Jerry you were once love by all of us but you are failure today because of greed. What has Nana Addo give you . You are supporting him blindly speak up.
Asiedu Nketiah is growing without sense, is this what ndc want as general secretary? ndc must be serious but I don't blame them they lack human resource, how an this man be a general secretary for the biggest opposition party and declare himself the life general secretary! ndc is not serious so they will rot in opposition! Just look at Uncle John Boadu, he doesn't comment on everything, Kwabena Agyepong the same they don't make themselves to be ridiculed nut not Mosquitoe anything he day! and you see Ghanaians insulting a whole general secretary of a party, of all the political parties in Ghana only ndc has a general secretary who is a joker and primitive. Pnc has one of the finest General secretary apart from Uncle JB, Atik Mohammed very responsible guy, he talk sense and is respected. If this mosquitoe is the only thing ndc has then they have a big problem, and the Rawlingse family will continue to stay away, such disgusting thing. Ndc must be giving back to JJ Rawlings.
Next time nobody will lie his her way to government. When you the truth under it will surely expose one day. This government is a total failure, disappointing, supper incompetent and above a government full of lies. Where is the clearing agent set up by the government? she comes out quickly as usual and clear Boagy Agyakor. What a disgraceful government. President mislead???? oh GHANA
Who is Listening to this Guy anymore? He has no credibility. He runs his mouth wild anytime he is asked to speak about his political opponents. NO ONE IS LISTENING TO HIM. HE IS IRRELEVANT. STOP INTERVIEWING HIM.