I will not resign - Energy Minister

The besieged Minister of Energy, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, has state categorically that he would not resign his post over the Sahara "Brouhaha".

The Minister stated this when he addressed a new conference in Accra on Tuesday. Giving reasons why he would not resign, Mr Kan-Dapaah said for now, he has not been found wanting by any competent body for allegedly giving false figures to Parliament nor to the country as a whole over the Sahara Energy Resource issue for which he should tender his resignation. He asserted: "So far, I know I'm not lying nor have I given false information pertaining to the Sahara issue, which should warrant my resignation from office as Minister of Energy".

Last week the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus in Parliament held a press conference at which they called on the Minister to resign over what has become "a lot of confusing or cacophonous noise" over Ghana's allocation of oil contract to a company based in Nigeria to lift Ghana's crude oil.