The Energy Ministry has dispelled allegations regarding the involvement of the Energy Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, in an oil deal involving Tullow, Kosmos, GNPC and Petro SA.
This follows claims by social media commentator Kevin Taylor relating to a contract involving the aforementioned oil companies.
Mr Taylor accused the Energy Minister and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of siphoning $150m from the transaction.
But the ministry has described the allegations as “spurious and unfounded.”
Reacting to this accusation in a statement, the Minister’s Combinations Specialist, Kofi Abrefa Afena, said the Energy Ministry was not responsible for the signing and approving contracts in the upstream petroleum space.
On the back of this, Mr Afena said the signing and approval of the said contract will not require the approval of the Ministry.
He, therefore, asked the public “to ignore these false claims and treat them with the total contempt they deserve.”
The Communications Specialist also hinted at Dr. Prempeh seeking legal redress.
“On the plain reputational onslaught, the said Kevin Taylor mounts on Dr. Prempeh, specifically impugning criminality on him; the Minister’s legal team will resort to the necessary legal remedy in due course.”