{"id":5205,"date":"2019-10-22T14:51:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2019-10-22T14:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:51:19","slug":"private-legal-practitioner-drops-bombshell-say-govt-hasnt-abrogated-pds-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/economy\/private-legal-practitioner-drops-bombshell-say-govt-hasnt-abrogated-pds-deal","title":{"rendered":"Private legal practitioner drops BOMBSHELL; say gov&#8217;t hasn&#8217;t abrogated PDS deal  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong has dropped a bombshell over government&#8217;s claims that the believes that the\u00a0concession agreement with the Power Distribution Services (PDS) has been terminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Oppong argues that the letter from the Finance Ministry on the \u2018termination\u2019 of the deal merely communicates the government\u2019s position on the matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said the information suggesting that the termination of the contract may have happened already is inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe letter under reference which was indicated by the Minister of Finance has led some people to the conclusion that the concession has been canceled. I think perhaps, instead of saying termination of PDS, I would have thought that it would maybe have been \u2018notice of intention of termination\u2019 and that will have saved us this act of splitting of hairs.\u201d He said<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Ministry has also clarified that the government is following due process to ultimately renounce the concession agreement with PDS.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Communications at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Damoah told Citi News that the government has only conveyed its intention to cancel the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has conveyed a decision it has taken as a government of Ghana to terminate the PDS concession through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (MCC). The concession is a form of a contract that has due processes laid down within it for addressing all matters that come up. So far, the government has conducted in line with the due processes as laid down in the agreement. I do not see that the government may want to do anything to deviate from that strict adherence to that due process. The government has taken the decision to terminate and it has effectively communicated to the MCC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry has also distanced itself from any of the lapses that have culminated in\u00a0the\u00a0termination\u00a0of the PDS concession agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Damoah insisted that the government was not negligent in its handling of the failed deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong A private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong has dropped a bombshell over government&#8217;s claims that the believes that the\u00a0concession agreement with the Power Distribution Services (PDS) has been terminated. 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