The Member of for Yapei Kusawgu, John Abdulai Jinapor, has given details of the supposed happenings that led to lawyer Samuel Dubik Mahama leaving his position as the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Speaking in an interview on Metro TV's Good Morning Ghana on September 26, 2024, John Jinapor, who hinted at Samuel Mahama's 'removal' in a post shared on social media, indicated that the former ECG boss was essentially forced to step down for insisting that the government must follow the right procedures for the procurement of crude oil for the production of electricity.
He said that the former ECG boss was opposed to the method put in place by the immediate past Minister of Finance, , who is now Akufo-Addo's Senior Advisor on the Economy, which made the former minister the one in charge of the procurement of the crude oil, contrary to laid down procedures.
He said that Dubik Mahama decided to stand his ground to ensure that the right thing was done despite pressure from a family member of the president, and that was his bane. "I posted about five or ten minutes before the announcement came out because I had gotten information that some people related to the president insisted on procuring light crude oil in a certain manner, which Dubik, the MD for ECG, resisted...