AKSA power deal: Dafeamekpor says Ghana must confront its accountability deficit

His intervention comes as a US criminal case involving former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Kwaku Berko has revived questions in Ghana about alleged payments to public officials in connection with a power project with the Turkish energy company Aksa Enerji.

Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has challenged Ghana to demonstrate that accountability does not expire when public officials leave office, calling for renewed investigations into the AKSA power deal and appropriate sanctions where breaches are established.

The US case may determine the criminal liability of the accused before an American court, but Dafeamekpor believes Ghana must independently determine whether its own laws were breached and whether any Ghanaian actors should face consequences.