Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has indicated that Parliament was not informed about the termination of the contract between government of Ghana and Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC).

Speaking on Asempa FM's 'Ekosii sen?' programme, Thursday, he said, the decision to terminate the contract should have been communicated to the House by former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, but he did not.

"Agyarko never informed us he terminated GPGC contract. Never, let them show me that evidence. Parliament was not informed even about the termination of GPGC contract, " he stressed.

Mr Jinapor reiterated the $170m Judgment Debt could have been avoided if government had negotiated with the Management of GPGC.

"The first thing every party to an agreement should do is to attempt negotiation. It is a basic commonsensical thing to do. That is the first thing. Unless I'm completely sure that it is so watertight that when I terminate, I would not pay damages.

"But the Attorney General himself said the agreement didn't favour the country so why will you go ahead to terminate?" he quizzed.

The Yapei-Kusawgu MP's comments follow the ruling by a Commercial Court in London, ordering the government of Ghana to pay $170m to GPGC as damages.

Attorney General Godfred Dame subsequently disclosed his intention to lodge a formal complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate the agreement signed between the erstwhile NDC government and the claimant.

Mr Dame speaking on JoyNews blamed the signatories to the agreement for the judgment debt. One of the signatories is former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor.

Dr Kwabena Donkor in response, has called the bluff of the Attorney General, asking him to proceed with his intentions. “I am a law-abiding Ghanaian. If the CID says they want to investigate something, what do I have to hide?” he quizzed.

Subscribing to the comments of Dr Kwabena Donkor, John Jinapor debunked claims that the contract signed under the NDC government was unfavourable and didn't seek to protect the national interest.

"How did the contract not favour us? Is he (Godfred Dame) the only lawyer in Ghana? So all the MP lawyers in Parliament are not knowledgeable? The contract went before Parliament for approval. You can have your opinion. Yet you (Godfred Dame) knew that opinion but still terminated the contract."

Mr Jinapor added that the basis for terminating the GPGC contract was not due to excess capacity.

"In this letter, there is nothing like excess capacity. Read Agyarko's letter. There is no mention of excess capacity. It talks of breaches of the terms of the agreement which went to court and we lost miserably," he said.