Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has declared his intention to initiate proceedings to summon the Finance and Energy Ministers, as well as the Attorney General, to appear before Parliament.

This move comes in response to the release of GH¢230 million to settle a judgment debt owed to Trafigura.

Trafigura, the primary owner of Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC), was awarded this sum in January 2021 following a ruling by an arbitral tribunal in London.

The tribunal determined that Ghana had unlawfully terminated a contract for the installation and operation of two power plants. Consequently, the government was directed to pay $170 million to Trafigura, with the possibility of losing its assets through auctioning if the payment was not made.

To initiate the payment process, the government has released $20 million. In an interview with Citi News, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu legislator, expressed his intention to seek answers from the Finance and Energy Ministers, as well as the Attorney General, regarding this matter.

“Our oversight role in terms of summoning these ministers and finding out why they created this, and seeing if there can even be a vote of censure, failed the last time we tried that because we did not have the two-thirds majority.”

“But we will not give up, and we have already served notice that we are going to pursue this matter because this is such a colossal amount of money wasted, and people must answer questions. You can’t waste all of these resources which could have been used to build roads, hospitals, solve our water problems, and address our housing challenges for displaced persons. So, I can assure you that we are not going to be derelict on this matter.”