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Former Deputy Minister of Energy and Petroleum in the immediate past John Mahama-led administration, John Abdulai Jinapor says he is unaware of any committee tasked to probe the controversial AMERI Power Agreement.

A 17-member ministerial committee led by lawyer Philip Addison in their report published by ‘The New Statesman" Newspaper concluded that the deal was not only grossly unfair to the interest of Ghana, but could also be considered as fraud.

Based on the observations of the Committee, it has recommended that Ameri Energy should be invited back to the negotiation table to rectify the anomalies in the agreement and “for Government of Ghana to aim to claw back a substantial portion of the over US$150million commission.”

In the event that Ameri Energy refuses to come to the negotiation table, the committee chairman recommends that the “Government of Ghana should repudiate the Agreement on the grounds of fraud.”

The Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, inaugurated the 17-member Committee on February 01, 2017 to review, restructure and recommend areas for amendment of the BOOT Agreement.

However, John Abdulai Jinapor in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ disagrees with the committee’s report after describing it as “inaccurate and political”.

“The paper that even published the report is affiliated to the NPP so you shouldn’t be surprised because it’s a bit political and jaundiced. I am not aware of any committee and none of the committee members called me or my boss [Dr Kwabena Donkor] then for interrogations. I don’t know where this report is coming from. Its inaccurate,” he told host Kwesi Aboagye.


Below is The New Statement Newspaper publication

AMERI POWER DEAL FRAUDULENT - Addison committee calls for re-negotiation

A 17-member ministerial committee tasked to probe the controversial AMERI Power Agreement, questionably procured by the previous National Democratic Congress government through sole sourcing, has concluded that the deal was not only grossly unfair to the interest of Ghana, but could also be considered as fraud.

Based on the observations of the Committee, it has recommended that Ameri Energy should be invited back to the negotiation table to rectify the anomalies in the agreement and “for Government of Ghana to aim to claw back a substantial portion of the over US$150million commission.”