New Patriotic Party, NPP, Member of Parliament for Okaikwei North Constituency cited an amended law in seeking clarification on matters related to the Petroleum Management Act.
Patrick Yaw Boamah, a lawyer and member of the ad hoc committee probing a vote of censure brought against the embattled Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was questioning a witness from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, PIAC, Nasir Alfa Mohammed.
When the MP took his turn on November 17 to ask a series of questions, he sought to round up by seeking the witness’ understanding of a section of a relevant law but the guest drew the attention of the committee to the fact that the said law was non-existent.
Portions of the interaction were as follows:
MP Boamah: I will just ask a last question, on his understanding of Section 7 (2) of Act 815 (of the Petroleum Management Act)
Witness: Mr. Chairman, respectfully Mr. Chairman, as it stands now, there is no Section 7 (2) of the Act, because Section 7 was amended in 2015, Mr Chair and there is only one provision under Section 7.
Later, the co-chairmen – KT Hammond and Dominic Ayine – as well as other members of the eight-member committee confirmed that indeed the said law had been amended and could not be relied upon to make a query.
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