{"id":4966,"date":"2019-10-18T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2019-10-18T16:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:29:49","slug":"cancel-fraudulent-pds-deal-jinapor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/cancel-fraudulent-pds-deal-jinapor","title":{"rendered":"Cancel fraudulent PDS deal \u2013 Jinapor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Jinapor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor has called for an end\u00a0in the negotiations around Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking on\u00a0Eyewitness News, Mr. Jinapor said the whole agreement needed to be cancelled if the government indeed suspected fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf its fraud, cancel the whole agreement. There can be no negotiation so the issue of engaging the local partner or not engaging the local partner does not arise at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, the government announced the suspension of the concession agreement and explained that the decision followed the \u201cdetection of fundamental and material breaches\u201d on the part of PDS.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jinapor was speaking after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) held a press conference to announce it had\u00a0discovered plans\u00a0to cede 30 percent shares in PDS to a new company called Meridian Power Ventures Limited in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>PDS is a consortium between Manila Electric (Meralco) of The Philippines, 30 percent, Aenergia SA (Angola), 19 percent; Santa Baron Ventures Ghana, 13 percent, TG Energy Solution Ghana, 18 percent, GTS Engineering Ghana Limited, 10 perent, and TBK Ghana Limited, 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jinapor said the Minister of Energy had travelled to the Philipines, met Meralco and agreed that the local partners should be ousted \u201cand that they eventually will find a way of keeping Meralco and Aenergia in the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Minister of Energy who accused PDS of fraudulent activities led a huge delegation last week to Manila ostensibly to negotiate with Meralco and eventually take out the local partners and then appropriate their shareholding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Jinapor A former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor has called for an end\u00a0in the negotiations around Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession. Speaking on\u00a0Eyewitness News, Mr. Jinapor said the whole agreement needed to be cancelled if the government indeed suspected fraud. \u201cIf its fraud, cancel the whole agreement. 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