Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, was left to defend her ministry by herself in parliament in connection with the controversial $89m telcom revenue monitoring contract as some key figures to back the deal were missing in action.

Chairman of the Communications Committee of Parliament and MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong is said to have arranged for some Indian businessmen to be given the contract refused to speak.

Kennedy Agyapong's deputy on the Committee and Saboba New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Charles Binipom Bintim was also absent during the debate.

Joy News reporter Parker-Wilson who confirmed the observation said the presence of NPP MPs was as clear as their absent voices when it mattered most.

The Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu; Deputy Communications Minister and Awutu Senya West MP George Andah; Efutu MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin and Suhum MP Frederick Opare-Ansah were the only NPP MPs to speak.

It was also reported the Kennedy Agyapong left the chamber of Parliament moments later without a public endorsement of the deal, which has seen the government rally its machinery against opposition from pro-telecommunication figures.

Kelni GVG, a Haitian originated company, was awarded a contract by the government for design, development and implementation of a common platform for traffic monitoring, revenue assurance, and mobile money monitoring and fraud management, a service already being rendered by Afriwave and Subah Info Solution.

IMANI Africa has however questioned the rationale behind the new contract with Kelni GVG, describing it as wasteful and aimed at milking the public purse.

According to the policy think tank group, reasons espoused by government officials to back the deal lack financial sense except that it was premised on political thinking.

Although government insists the deal saves the country $1.1 million a month, Franklin Cudjoe wonders why the state has been paying the firm $1.5 million per month since January for “no work done”. To him, the deal is “needless” and a rip-off.

The MP for Ablekuma West Constituency who was dragged to parliament to clarify the deal in the wake of the controversies noted that “following sustained pressure, GVG was compelled to terminate their operations in Ghana a year before their contract expired and the contract was taken over by Subah Infosolutions Limited in 2012.”

She has stated her determination to enforce the law fully despite resistance from some telcos. She expressed this determination in Parliament by singing a Hymn titled "Who is on the Lord's Side"quoting Exodus 32:26 when Israel's leader Moses asked for support in a time of difficulty.