{"id":178061,"date":"2024-05-03T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/03\/sml-gra-deal-ndcs-prosecution-demand-baseless\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:24:28","slug":"sml-gra-deal-ndcs-prosecution-demand-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/03\/sml-gra-deal-ndcs-prosecution-demand-baseless\/","title":{"rendered":"SML-GRA deal: NDC&#8217;s prosecution demand baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Majority in Parliament has described as baseless, demands by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the prosecution of individuals implicated in the SML-GRA contract.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Majority caucus contended that there is insufficient evidence to implicate any government official in causing financial loss to the state, thus making prosecution in the SML-GRA deal unjustified.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, emphasised that President Akufo-Addo\u2019s decision to initiate a thorough review of the contract serves the public\u2019s best interests.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cNow we\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">are aware that our friends in the NDC<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are calling for certain prosecutions.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I think\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">that<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0they have not paid attention to the whole issue\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">they<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0only want to do politics as usual.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Their call is unfounded\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">for the simple reason that<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0there isn\u2019t any established proof of any officer of state causing financial loss to the state.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIndeed <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">what<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0they think are<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0payments to SML are not payments<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> borne out of the government\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0revenue.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0If you peruse the agreement, SML\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is paid<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0out of what it generates\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0they would have to pay attention to the details. They\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">are paid<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a00.05% per litre of revenue that they generate as a result of the system that they put in place to monitor activities in the petroleum sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAnd it is instructive\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">also<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0note<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that his company opened its doors to the Mines and Energy Committee to inspect and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0see the nature of their operations.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0What I want to urge our colleagues in the opposition is that they should not kill Ghanaian businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOften under the guise of due diligence and ensuring that there is transparency, we often get out of control and destroy Ghanaian companies, whereas foreign ones who operate in certain sectors get a kind of protection that makes them develop their business but often Ghanaian businesses suffer,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Majority in Parliament has described as baseless, demands by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the prosecution of individuals implicated in the SML-GRA contract. 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