[ 2011-04-18 ]

Dr Kwesi Aning

Security analyst raises red flags over oil money
Security analyst, Dr Kwesi Aning is warning that
some people may be taking advantage of the
country’s oil and gas security plan to steal
money from the state.

He told Joy News that he has seen documents which
suggest that the estimates for the oil and gas
security budget have been outrageously inflated.

He said he has tried to draw attention to the scam
but the government has brushed it all aside.

Dr Aning said while figures for the establishment
of the Ghana Police Service Maritime Unit were
reasonable, “and speak to the security
challenges on the ground, …the draft figures in
the document called Oil and Gas Security Plan…
are way too high.”

He told Joy News’ Eric Ahianyo that there can be
no reason for the wide disparities between the
figures he had seen earlier and those contained on
the security plan proposed by the government.

Meanwhile, Kofi Adams, spokesperson for Nana
Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings says the former First Lady
will review lapses in the existing oil agreements
if she is elected President.

Kofi Adams said Mrs Rawlings will also take a
second look at contracts which seem to be fraught
with irregularities.

He said the former First Lady’s resolve to
scrutinise contracts and deals entered by the
country under both presidents Kufuor and Mills was
buoyed by President Mills’ comments that he
intends to take a second look into deals sealed
under Kufuor.

“Nana Konadu’s presidency will enhance this
further. [She] will look into it, deal with it,
and make sure that the country is not shortchanged
and that it benefits from its oil wealth,” he
asserted.

Mr Adams stated that even the controversial STX
housing deal will not escape the scrutiny and
possible probe of a Konadu presidency.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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