Former Energy Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Mr Emmanuel Buah has described the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government over the ongoing PDS brouhaha.

The MP for Ellembele Constituency in the Western Region said the Akufo-Addo government failed to do due diligence regarding the agreement Ghana signed with Power Distribution Services (PDS).

The government of Ghana recently suspended its concession agreement with PDS.

The government in a statement on Tuesday announced that PDS’ concession agreement was suspended after the government discovered some breaches in the company’s obligation in the provision of payment securities.

The statement said the action to put the agreement on hold was necessitated by “the detection of fundamental and material breaches of PDS’ obligation in the provision of Payment Securities (Demand Guarantees) for the transaction which have been discovered upon further due diligence”.

In a swift reaction, Mr Buah in an interview on AccraFM Wednesday, 31 July 2019 that: “This is the short-sightedness of this government we talk about; they are super incompetent and visionless. This is a government that has lost its way.”

“The PDS contract was not done properly, we warned the government but this government did not listen.”

“The only solution to these problems is to vote out the NPP and bring back the NDC because the NDC has a good record in the power sector,” he added.

Mr Buah asked: “What was the government’s interest in allowing PDS to operate without a guarantee? I challenge everybody to go and check the shareholding structure of this company.”