{"id":668725,"date":"2019-07-31T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div>\n            <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><figure><img width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FB_IMG_1536243900349-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"Energy Minister, John Pe"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:26:00","slug":"audio-energy-minister-cites-fraud-as-reason-pds-contract-was-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/31\/audio-energy-minister-cites-fraud-as-reason-pds-contract-was-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio: Energy Minister cites fraud as reason PDS contract was suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FB_IMG_1536243900349-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu\" title=\"Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=RSChpET6ELYH2Yx5p\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It has emerged that fraud was suspected in the concession agreement government entered into with Power Distribution Services (PDS).<\/p>\n<p>Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu, who revealed this on Joy News\u2019 <strong>AM Show<\/strong>, Wednesday, said the government was forced to suspend the agreement with immediate effect as a precautionary measure, because it saw an element of fraud in the transfer of Electricity Company of Ghana\u2019s (ECG) assets and management to PDS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Breaking news: Gov\u2019t suspends PDS contract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Amewu said this major development came to light after series of due diligence tests the guarantees were subjected to by the ECG.<\/p>\n<p>He said the company that PDS claimed it had security from, had issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Pastors should stop making divisive, ethnocentric comments \u2013 Rev Opuni-Frimpong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe announcement of suspension was as a result of a breach problem. There was a breach in the payment security. There was some element of fraud in executing the payment security. The payment was not conclusive,\u201d he told Show Host, Kojo Yankson.<\/p>\n<p>PDS was supposed to manage the operations of ECG for 20 years starting from Friday, March 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Parliament to engage public after \u2018dropping the chamber\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, government was forced to suspend the agreement with immediate effect as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amewu said the government would engage stakeholders for further discussions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu It has emerged that fraud was suspected in the concession agreement government entered into with Power Distribution Services (PDS). 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