Parliament: NDC MPs to boycott discussion on reversal of AMERI deal

Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Minority’s spokesperson on the Mines and Energy Committee, Adams Mutawakilu, said the NDC will not take part in an illegality.

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Mines and Energy Committee have said they will not take part in deliberations on a motion to reverse the AMERI power deal.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Minority’s spokesperson on the Mines and Energy Committee, Adams Mutawakilu, said the NDC will not take part in an illegality.

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“We the Minority Members of the Mines and Energy committee have decided, upon careful consideration of all relevant facts, not to take part in the deliberation of the committee in respect of the urgent motion filed by K.T. Hammond,” Mutawakilu said.

He added: “There is no part, section or rule of the standing orders that allows for a motion to be referred to a committee after it has been moved and seconded to without deliberation by the House. This cannot be found in the current standing orders or standing orders of the House since independence.

“It is strange the honorable K.T. Hammond, who is not a party to the agreement is requesting Parliament to rescind its decision on the basis of gross misrepresentation. K.T. Hammond has no locus standi in this matter… In the overall circumstances of this matter, we think his request should not be honored.”

The AMERI power deal, signed in 2015 at the peak of Ghana’s power crisis, was to added 300MW to the country’s energy mix.

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However, the MP for, Adansi Asokwa, K.T. Hammond, who was the then Minority spokesperson on Energy and seconded the deal, filed an urgent motion seeking a reversal of the deal.

Based on new evidence, Mr Hammond said the deal which cost GHC510 million was suspicious.

The Minority had staged a walk out when the Speaker of Parliament referred the motion to the Mines and Energy Committee.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Minority’s spokesperson on the Mines and Energy Committee, Adams Mutawakilu, said the NDC will not take part in an illegality. Read Full Story