Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, a lecturer at the Central University, has taken a swipe at the Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddy Blay over his alleged misconduct.
There is a raging issue currently going on in respect of a decision by Mr. Freddy Blay to sell 50% of Ghana’s stake in Jubilee Fields to a South African oil company, the Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA).
Following the exposure of the planned deal, a group of 29 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has petitioned the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to dismiss the GNPC Board Chairman.
“We demand the immediate removal of GNPC’s CEO, Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah and the Board Chairman, Freddie W. Blay from their respective positions as they have become a threat to Ghana’s interest in the petroleum sector,” Coordinator for the Economic Governance Platform, Abdul Karim Mohammed said.
Also a former Energy and Petroleum Minister and Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has asked the President to institute an immediate probe into the actions of Mr. Freddy Blay and Chief Executive of GNPC, Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah.
"I have observed with great concern, the raging issue in respect of the decision by the Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), and the CEO of the Corporation, to sell 50% of Ghana’s 7% stake in the Jubilee Fields to the Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA).
This issue has undoubtedly spawned a full-blown turf war between the Minister of Energy on the one hand and the Board Chairman and CEO of GNPC on the other. But beneath their heated exchanges lies the clear and obvious impropriety of the actions of the Board Chairman of GNPC, Mr. Freddie Blay and his CEO, which must be a subject of a serious investigation. This is because, their actions smack of clear misconduct and have the potential to shortchange Ghana’s interest," he said in a statement.
Adding his voice to the calls on the President, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah also insists that "Hon. Freddie Blay has to resign as Board Chairman".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Let's ask this Freddie Blay man. Is the jubilee fields sitting on your head? On who's interest were you acting? Certainly not the good people of Ghana . Anyway we don't blame him, those people who thought they were punishing Mr Stephen Ntim a true blood NPP man by pushing him off the national chairmanship contest in Koforidua by throwing their weight behind Freddie Blay have seen what they want to see. Today see the embarrassment he's causing the NPP. Thank God the energy minister Dr M. Opoku Prempeh was smart enough to read in between the lines by writing to the appointing authority about this sell out. Now Ghanaians don't know who to trust. We tried young politicians at the level of the presidency, they failed totally. We tried the elderly/ old men thinking at their ages they don't want anything again in this world not knowing they are even smarter than the young ones . It serves the NPP right. The Monkey and Gorilla may claim oneness but the Monkey is a monkey and the Gorilla a Gorilla. This was the man who promised each NPP constituency a bus to run on commercial bases to support the constituencies, he even showed some of the buses that had arrived at the Tema harbour on TV. Up to date not one constituency of the NPP in the region where i live has one of the buses promised, I doubt whether the others have received theirs too. If people in their 70's and 80's can lie , what will the young ones also say. An elderly person in Ghana can lie in broadday light and still quote the bible in the name of politics. No wonder all they harvest whiles in office vanishes into thin air immediately they lose power. If you pick a gold on the dancing floor, same gold you picked will get missing on the same dancing floor. If 30 million people are all cursing you for taking what belongs to all , how will that thing receive Gods's blessings? Hmmmnnn