Yilo Krobo Constituency Chairman of the ruling NPP, Dr Gabriel Afotey says some key members within government plotted Boakye Agyarko’s removal from office because he has a presidential ambition.
According to him, the constituency where the immediate former Energy Minister comes from is against the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, thereby threatening to vent their frustration in the next general election by voting against him.
“Nana Addo doesn’t want our good,” he said.
“Are they trying to tell us Boakye Agyarko did not follow the rightful processes? We don’t want to go deep into this issue. They shouldn’t paint him black because he has a presidential ambition. Who on this earth doesn’t have an ambition?” He quizzed in an interview on NEAT FM’s morning show dubbed ‘Ghana Montie’.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, as the acting Minister of Energy, until a substantive appointment is made.
This follows the dismissal of Mr Boakye Agyarko from that position.
Mr Agyarko was on 6 August 2018 removed from office over the controversial $150 million Ameri deal signed by the John Mahama administration.
Mr Agyarko came under heavy criticism when he claimed that Ghana will gain $405 million from the new power deal with Ameri Energy but it was discovered that the country will rather lose up to $472 million.
The new agreement was to extend the current five-year deal with AMERI Energy which is currently operating a 300MW emergency power plant in Ghana, to 15 years and bring onboard a new company from Greece, Mytilineous International Trading Company, to manage the plant for the period.
President Akufo-Addo was reportedly 'misled' into granting executive approval for the deal to be approved by parliament.
However, Dr Gabriel Afotey alleged that the brouhaha surrounding Agyarko’s dismissal was all ‘orchestrated’ to benefit someone.
“They should come again with good explanations. The Boakye we know is a gem, the man is competent. The president should treat Boakye the same as he treat others. We’re hoping the President will rescind his decision,” He told host Kwesi Aboagye.
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In d name of freedom of speech any nincompoop gets up to say whatever he likes.This so called doctor let me ask u, is Mr Agyarko d only minister with presidential ambitions?Who will vote for him to be a presidential candidate much more a president?Go back to sleep.
When did Apotey become a Dr.? Where did he get hos doctorate from? He has no PhD, for the records. He managed to get Boakye Agyarko to lobby the president to pick the current DCE, who by all intents and purposes doesn't deserve the position. He is only lamenting because he sees his political godfather going down, and he knows very soon, he will follow suite. God is not a man! Cheers
ITS VERY SIMPLE, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM GOT IT EXTREMELY WRONG. WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL ANY PRESIDENT DISMISS HIS BEST MINISTER FOR DOING NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN THE MINISTER HAVING PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
Nana Addo the president, you have lost my vote for the 2020 election.
If Agyarko's political has been dashed out so Ken Ofori Atta must also forget about his presidential ambition.If he does not know anything he should Addo Kuffour as an example.We are not small boys in this TOWN. Whether they like it or yes Dr. Bawumia is the Next candidate.Bawu & Allan are the best choice the Rest must go and SLEEP.
as for me i didn't did anything
we all sympathize with Mr. Agyarko but that does not warrant such non--sense from a so called Dr. Dr of what Non- -sense Affairs. As a so called Dr. did he do any research on this case b4 he came out to author this non--sense or he just spoke from his stomach. what does he do with the book and research allowances. Buuullshiip.
Bawumia sees the. IMF as a credible institution but they are not. If you continue with your senslesss taxation of the poor people, the north! Where you come from will be even worse than you came to meet. The government should fork the IMF and govern like normal human beings. IMF conditions will only worsen the situation. Let's Fork dem!
When will we start taking taxes from the white man? A Ghanaian imports a car and he has to borrow to clear it, but the white men can take even gold away from Ghana and he pays nothing.if he was paying we would have been extremely Rich. Billions of dollars are lost every month because we are afraid of the people who are stealllllin our wealth. We need a strong leadership.
Nana Addo has disappointed me with this Agyarko issue. If there was something wrong with the deal just give him the chance to ratify his mistakes. Boakye Agyarko should challenge Nana Addo in 2020 and he could win hands down. The tribal politics and divisions in the party is all clear to see. Your preferred Ofori Atta to succeed you will not wash. It is Bawumia Boakye Agyarko for 2020. Nana Addo we all know is not in charge, he panics too much. He has allow NDC to set the agenda for him. We the NPP are watching Nana closely. All the people who did the dirty work have been neglected. Nana 2020 is not a done deal.