The approval of Boakye Agyarko as Ghana’s next Energy Minister is in limbo as a cloud of perjury surrounds his testimony before the Appointments Committee.
Speaking on the Morning Starr Tuesday, the Majority Chief Whip Kwesi Ameyaw Cheremeh, noted the former vice president of the Bank of New York needs to furnish the Committee with information over certain claims he made about the purchase of three Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU).
According to Mr. Agyarko, he was quoting from a committee’s report he chanced on at the Ministry. He promised to produce the report when he was pressed by the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu.
Speaking to show host, Nii Arday Clegg, the MP for Sunyani said the burden of proof lies on the nominee, else it may have to take the Plenary to decide his fate in the coming days.
“Hon. Agyarko made certain allusions and the Chairman directed that he furnishes the Committee with a report,” Mr. Cheremeh told Starr 103.5 FM. “Hon. Agyarko’s approval is based on the provision of that document.”
He added: “That notwithstanding, Hon. Agyarko did his best.”
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