If this epic tale of corruption was told on television, it would be considered a soap opera, complete with incestuous financial relationships connected by outrageously greedy schemes and linked by family ties all the way to the president of a nation. Quite unfortunately, Ghanaians have been watching this program unfold in their own country since late July when the government of Ghana dramatically suspended the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession with the Power Distribution Services (PDS), and then terminated it in October, with all of this playing out in the most bizarre and suspicious manner.
But unlike watching a soap opera, this drama of greed has had some very real consequences for the citizens of Ghana. For one, it has led to the American government, via the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), abruptly cancelling the very important second tranche funding of US$190 million, funds which would have been allocated to improve the power sector and benefit all of the nation. Citizens have also been quite outraged to learn the details of attempts by certain key members of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s family and their cronies to capture the retail business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) all for themselves, by using cronies to front for them.
This report by Steve Mallory is a damning confirmation of how some key members of President Akufo-Addo’s extended family have been taking the country for a joyride, one with tremendous economic consequences, and all while the president claims to see nothing and hear nothing, and therefore does nothing.
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