The Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Ltd in the Republic of Ghana has denied claims by the largest opposition party, NDC, that the government is scheming to bring them back to take over the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
According to a source within PDS, the claim by Adams Mutawakilu, Ranking Member of Mines and Energy Committee in Parliament of Ghana, is false.
The Government of Ghana entered into a concession agreement with PDS for the latter to take over the management of the business aspect of ECG for a period of 20 years, effective March 1, 2019.
However, barely five months after the deal, the Government of Ghana cancelled the agreement, citing what it described as fundamental and material breaches of the agreement.
PDS has since sued the Government of Ghana for terminating the deal.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Adams Mutawakilu alleged that the government intends to enter a weak defence in a recent suit by the PDS which will make it easier for the company to be reinstated.
“Recently, the Ministry of Information came out and said that PDS has taken the government to court. And if you read between the lines, you recognise the agenda they (NPP) have if they are to be voted for on December 7, 2020, general election. They have now restructured PDS, planned it and asked the company to take the government to court. So they put up a strong defence to take over ECG again. So it is clear that they still have an agenda to take back ECG, our strategic asset, so that the family and friends will once again come and take over.”
Reacting to the claims, an official of the PDS told energynewsafrica.com that the move by the opposition is just an attempt to draw PDS into a propaganda war because of the upcoming elections.
“They are trying to draw us into their propaganda war because of elections; we refuse to be a part,” the source said.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com