A member of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) communication team, Saaka Salia, provided reasoning behind President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's decision to relocate and rename the African and Middle East Resources Investment Group Plant (AMERI Plant).

During an interview on GHOne TV on April 22, 2024, Salia asserted that although the AMERI plant was established and inaugurated during the John Dramani Mahama administration, it was the Akufo-Addo government that primarily financed the plant.

He stated that while the Mahama government contributed only 10% of the plant's cost, the Akufo-Addo administration covered approximately 90% of the project's expenses, eventually leading to the country's full ownership of the plant.

“… Let Ghanaians understand that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo paid for the AMERI. John Mahama didn't use his money to pay for it and Nana Addo didn't also use his money to pay for it. But the NPP government paid 90% of the AMERI deal because it was BOOT (Build, Operates, Own and Transfer).

“So, the AMERI that they said is their project… at the end of the day, you went and hired it and the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government paid 90% of the AMERI price. Because it was commissioned in 2016, you only paid for one year, the rest of the four years were paid by the Akufo-Addo regime,” he said.

The NPP communicator mentioned that the Akufo-Addo government chose to relocate the AMERI plant for strategic advantages.

“Once it is the property of Ghana, we should not let it be here and rot. Let us make the maximum use of it. Then we decided to take six of the turbines and then we sent them to Kumasi. And that is the first time that we have such a plant in Kumasi.”Watch the interview below: