The Minority Caucus in parliament have broken silence over an alleged transaction meant to have doped the country in the energy sector of a huge amount of US$1.65 billion.

In a news item cited by the caucus,it’s alleged that the apparent silence of the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the decision by AGM, a sister company of the Norway-based Aker Energy, to pull out of the US$1.65 billion transaction with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), is sad.

However,addressing the press this afternoon,deputy minority leader ,Kofi Amarh-Buah maintained that there had spoken forcefully about it,calling on government to do an introspection into the transaction.

Aker after some years changing it’s decision to relinquish the 1.65billion he said vindicates the minority

This was the clarification he gave surrounding the transaction

Recently, in a joint statement, IMANI and ACEP, called on President Nana Akufo-Addo, to commission an enquiry into the Aker-AGM transaction in which 15 months ago, the Ministry of Energy led by Dr Opoku Prempeh and GNPC under KK Sarpong, had wanted the state to partly acquire at US$1.65 billion.

According to the two respected Civil Society Organization (CSOs) this “Inject a culture of accountability into the management of the petroleum industry and ensure that the country can count on leadership to avert paying hundreds of millions of dollars on avoidable transactions. This would also help to establish whether these were a series of honest mistakes or a case of capture of the state representatives.

Hon. Amarh Buah setting the records straight vehemently noted that the minority rather stood for the country.

However an investigation into the transaction is welcomed by the minority.

That notwithstanding,the Ellembele legislator reiterated their stand for Ghanaian.

Source: Ghana/Sompaonline.com/Asante-Yeboah Bennedict