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The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) wants the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to take over investigations into the botched concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS), Ghana.<\/p>\n

Chairman of PIAC, Dr Steve Manteaw believes the Energy Ministry cannot be a judge in its own court.<\/p>\n

READ: Terminate PDS contract \u2013 John Jinapor advises<\/strong><\/p>\n

His comment follows an admission by the Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu that the guarantees presented by PDS were not authorised after series of due diligence tests the guarantees were subjected to by the Electricity Company of Ghana. <\/p>\n

He added that the government will further investigate and bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n

READ: Kidnapped girls: Angry mother slaps suspect in court<\/strong><\/p>\n

But, Dr Manteaw on Adom FM\u2019s<\/strong> morning show, Dwaso Nsem<\/strong>, Thursday said the government must refer the case to EOCO for proper investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an issue where there is fraud involved; I think EOCO is the right body,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The PIAC boss said he feels vindicated that the PDS deal is now a fiasco because all their warnings were ignored.<\/p>\n

READ: Audio: Badu Kobi\u2019s type of research led us into slavery 400 years ago \u2013 Ursula<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not surprised this has happened because we warned government from the beginning. I\u2019m happy this has happened,\u201d Dr Manteaw said.<\/p>\n

Source: Ghana | Adomonline.com | Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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