[新闻] Vodafone 完成对加纳电信70%股权的收购 [复制链接]

发表于 2008-8-20 18:25:50 |显示全部楼层

VODAFONE Seals Deal

Mr Christian Tetteh Sottie - Controller and Accountant General

VODAFONE International Holdings Company Limited of the United Kingdom has made a payment of $900 million to the Government of Ghana to cover the cost of the 70 per cent Ghana Telecom shares the company purchased.

The payment was made on August 15, 2008, barely 24 hours after Parliament had voted in favour of the sale.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the Controller and Accountant General, Mr Christian Tetteh Sottie, said the payment was done through a bank transfer to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Friday, a day after the parliamentary approval was given.

The interview was prompted by a statement made by the Head of Corporate Communications and Customer Care of GT, Major Albert B. Don-Chebe (retd), to the effect that the two companies started working together on Monday, August 18, 2008.

Mr Sottie explained that after the payment was made, the BoG subsequently informed the Controller and Accountant General抯 Department, which is the custodian of state funds and also has the responsibility to disburse such funds.

揟he money has been paid and is now in government chest ready for disbursement,?he said.
He stated that now that the necessary payments had been made, Vodafone and GT could legally start their joint operation without any hindrance.

An approval was given to the GT-Vodafone deal after days of intense and hectic debate between the government and staff of GT on one side and some members of the opposition parties, as well as some identifiable groups, on the other side.

By a majority decision, Members of Parliament (MPs) approved the sale agreement on August 14, 2008 , endorsing the government抯 request to sell the shares to Vodafone.

Whilst 124 MPs voted for the approval of the agreement, 74 of them voted against it.

When the Daily Graphic visited the premises of GT on Monday, the atmosphere was that of excitement as workers of GT, including those from the regions, were preparing to have their first official meeting with a team from Vodafone UK at a workers durbar in Accra.

The purpose of the meeting was to enable the staff of GT to interact with the officials of Vodafone as the two companies got ready to start working in a new partnership.

A source within GT said the two groups would waste no time but quickly move into serious work now that Parliament had given approval for the deal to be effected.

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