The National Democratic Congress is kicking against the government’s intention to replace the Power Distribution Services (PDS) through restrictive tendering, describing it as laughable.
According to the party, the government cannot be trusted to carry out the process with due diligence, as its negligence led to the cancellation of the PDS deal.
General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, made this known at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters in Accra on Monday.
n his latest letter, Ken Ofori-Atta proposes the use of a restrictive tendering process to replace PDS. This is laughable and we want to say that it is not an option that Ghanaians under MCC should even consider and our answer is no, no, no.
“We have already heard various communicators appealing to our nationalist instinct to protect the interest of Ghana. Let those communicators advise the NPP government to come around to protect the interest of Ghana because we are in the interest of protecting the interest of Ghana but they are not.”
The National Democratic Congress further called for the dissolution of the board of the Millennium Development Authority and the Electricity Company of Ghana saying both boards have displayed incompetence in protecting the interest of the country.
“Clear mess created by the PDS deal and the apparent corrupt motives informing it. The NDC demands the following; the immediate dissolution of MiDA board and the Keli Gadzekpo-led ECG Board. They have failed the nation and proven to be undeserving of the critical mandate which have been entrusted into their care by Ghanaians.
“They have proven to be lucky in the service of a greedy cabal of family and friends, hellbent on appropriating a critical national asset like ECG. Ghana deserves better. We demand an immediate forensic audit of the accounts of PDS by an internationally reputable firm and the refund of all monies which have accrued or being collected by them from power consumers since 1st March, 2019.”
Government after announcing the termination of its power concession agreement with PDS indicated that it will select a new partner for the power concession agreement through a restrictive tendering process without compromising the integrity of the procurement process.
The government officially announced the termination of its power concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) over the weekend in a statement dated Friday, October 18, 2019.
In a detailed letter, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, explained what led to the termination of the controversial PDS contract stating that the decision was taken at a meeting in the US on Friday, October 18, 2019 with the Secretary to President Akufo-Addo, Nana Bediatuo Asante and officials of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
The letter also recommended a limiting tendering to substitute the Power Distribution Services (PDS) “in a timely manner” for the Compact II Program with the US to continue.
