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PDS loses ECG assets management case
Add a CommentThe Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Power Distribution Services (PDS) challenging the cancellation of its operation licences following the termination of a concession agreement for it to manage the assets of the Electricity … Read more →
ECG will still be privatized despite PDS fiasco – Finance Minister
Add a CommentThe Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will still have a private firm to partner it despite the cancellation of the deal with the Power Distribution Services Ghana Limited (PDS). Addressing Parliament … Read more →
Termination of PDS deal won’t mar Ghana-US relations – Finance Minister
Add a CommentThe Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has downplayed fears that the termination of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal will adversely affect the relationship between the Government of Ghana and the United States of America. He said it was healthy … Read more →
Action plan to replace PDS out by November 15 – Finance Minister
Add a CommentGovernment intends to present an action plan for the restoration of Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by November 15, 2019. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced this as part of engagements with stakeholders including diplomats … Read more →
Gov’t gives reasons for terminating PDS Concession
Add a CommentThe ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has offered explanations for the termination of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) power concession. In a nine-pages document signed by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta titled: Termination of Power Distribution Services (PDS) Concession, the … Read more →
PDS touts achievements in 4 months – GH?3.3BN debt reduced by over GH?1bn
Add a CommentPower Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited has listed a number of operational improvements realised in the first four months of its operations in the Southern Distribution Zone. GH?3.3bn ECG debt reduced by over GH?1bn The company said Electricity Company of … Read more →
Minority petitions US Ambassador over PDS debacle
Add a CommentThe Minority in Parliament has petitioned the US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, demanding formal investigations by the American government into the Power Distribution Service (PDS) debacle. The petition signed by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu was personally hand-delivered at the … Read more →
ECG gives power retail to PDS as ‘interim ‘arrangement’
Add a CommentPower Distribution Services (PDS) will still provide all activities related to electricity retail as an interim arrangement, a statement has revealed. The joint statement by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and PDS said the interim arrangement is “to ensure that … Read more →
I can’t probe PDS saga – Martin Amidu
Add a CommentThe Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has said his office does not have the mandate to investigate financial and economic crimes. A section of Ghanaians including civil society groups such as Good Governance Advocacy Group Ghana (GGAGG) have served notice to … Read more →
We have done nothing illegal — PDS
Add a CommentThe Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited says it has done nothing illegal in its transactions, and is thus ready to fully cooperate with the Government of Ghana (GoG) in its investigations to help find an early resolution of the … Read more →
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