The latest financial malfeasance scandal to hit this government is in relation to a power deal that saw Ghana being intentionally screwed over- possibly for the financial benefit of the few people involved in the deal.

The icing on the cake was the significant involvement of a known fraudster in facilitating the deal.

Since then, we have been hit with a plethora of denials and counter denials, none of which really addresses the issues. And since citizens are not privy to the real terms of the deal, it is difficult to determine who is being truthful and who is purposefully taking Ghanaians for a ride.

A pressure group, CitizenGhana Movement, is hoping to change all that. The group is suing the Power Minister- asking the court to issue an order for the details of the contracts and any due diligence done to be submitted to the public. The group says the action is “in the spirit of probity and accountability as well as in exercise of the civic responsibility to protect and preserve public property and expose and combat misuse and waste of public funds and property as enshrined in Article 41(f) of the Constitution.”

Interesting to see the how the court’s interpretation of this would be.

The actions they are seeking from the court include…

(a) An order directed at the Honourable Minister of Power to furnish the Applicants with a copy of the signed contract together with the due diligence report (if any) on the contract between the Government of Ghana and Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group (AMERI Energy) LLC dated 10th February, 2015.

(b) An order directed at the Honourable Minister of Power to make full disclosure on the said contract between the Government of Ghana and AMERI Energy.

(c) A further order directed at the Speaker of Parliament to make available the minutes and/or the record of deliberations together with the Report of the Parliamentary Sub Committee on Mines and Energy available to the Applicants.

(d) Any further or consequential order(s) as the honourable court may deem fit.