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GT sale is open
and transparent - president's
spokesperson
Accra, Aug. 11, Ghanadot/GNA – The
Office of the President has stated that there has not been
any underhand dealing in the sale of Ghana Telecom (GT) to
the strategic investor, Vodafone, and that the Government
has been very open and transparent.
“The Government has never and will never short-change
Ghanaians”, Mr Andrew Awuni, Press Secretary to and
Presidential Spokesperson, told a Castle press briefing on
Monday.
He defended the GT/Vodafone deal as the best for the
viability, security and the future of Ghana Telecom and it’s
over 4000 employees and their families.
He noted the decline in both the net value and enterprise
value of GT over the years, and said the Company needed to
be saved and that people should not pretend that all was
well with the company.
Mr Awuni took a swipe at the reported threat by the leader
of the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC),
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, to reverse the sale if
elected to power and make those found “culpable of
short-changing Ghanaians face the full rigours of the law.”
He said what was ironic was that this same person as then
Vice President and leader of the Economic Management Team of
the NDC Government, sold out hundreds of State Owned
Enterprises including the Ghana Telecom under bizarre
circumstances.
The Press Secretary continued; “Indeed if the NPP Government
had not bought out Telecom Malaysia at their behest in 2002,
there would not be a Ghana Telecom to privatize today.”
Mr Awuni was emphatic that the Government had followed all
the laid down procedures for divestiture and violated none.
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