Ghanaians will know findings of PDS deal in a few days time - Energy Minister

Energy Minister, Peter Amewu says the government will in a few days time make the findings of the controversial Power Distribution Service (PDS) deal public.

This comes after the NDC accused the government of working secretly to restructure the deal that was suspended.

Mr Amewu speaking on Citi Eyewitness news said they will come out with the findings in the next few days.

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“The suspension is in place. Government is taking measures to address the problem and the issue that led to the suspension and we are taking our time to examine every issue that led to the suspension then we can take a firm decision.”

“You will remember that the suspension has been extended…We will come out clearly and I am sure that within the next few days you will be hearing the government’s position,”

On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, the government announced the suspension of the concession agreement and explained that the decision followed the “detection of fundamental and material breaches” on the part of PDS.

Two teams were subsequently tasked to probe allegations of contractual breaches between government and PDS.

The teams were sent to Qatar and the United States for the probe and had since presented their report to government.

FTI Consulting, a United States-based consulting firm commissioned by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to investigate whether or not PDS Ltd duly won the contract to manage the assets of the ECG, also confirmed that insurance guarantees were, indeed, paid to back the PDS’ takeover of the assets and operations of the ECG.

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Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in August said they were done with the probe and will soon make the findings public.