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NDC’s Communicator, Mohammed Naziru says the US government was left shell-shocked and stupefied by certain revelations following its earlier threat to sanction Ghana over the termination of the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited deal with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

He claims in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show Ghana Montie that the fraudulent deal has exposed the Nana Addo-led government to the world.

According to Naziru, the US government is ‘no more’ interested in the deal – but he failed to give details to back his claims.

He, however, maintained that all persons who directly or indirectly played a role in the PDS “scam” will surely face judgment as promised by his party when elected into power.



Background

The US government threatened sanctions against Ghana over the termination of the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited deal with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

Government in a letter dated October 18, 2019 to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced the termination of the agreement which came into effect on March 1, 2019 and saw PDS take over Ghana’s major power distribution company, ECG.

The decision, government explained, was prompted by some breaches of the agreement by PDS.

According to the Ghana government, PDS failed to fulfill the necessary “condition precedent” in the agreement, which borders on-demand guarantee.

But Ghana’s decision upsets the US government which gave the Ghana government October 30 to reverse the decision or face the consequences of the decision, which will be to lose 190 million dollars under the MCC Compact II.