{"id":96988,"date":"2025-10-04T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96988"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:10:03","slug":"everybody-who-took-part-in-gold-for-oil-went-through-proper-due-diligence-kwadwo-poku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96988","title":{"rendered":"Everybody who took part in Gold-for-Oil went through proper due diligence \u2013 Kwadwo Poku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>52 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Policy and Research and member of the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Communication Team, Kwadwo Poku, has defended the integrity of the government\u2019s Gold-for-Oil programme.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that all participating companies were subjected to rigorous due diligence processes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on\u00a0JoyNews\u2019 <em><strong>Newsfile<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0programme on Saturday, October 4, Mr Poku asserted that state institutions, including the Bank of Ghana and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), played active roles in verifying the credentials of the firms involved.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read also: IMANI demands audit as forensic report exposes Gold-for-Oil scandal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEverybody who took part in Gold-for-Oil went through proper due diligence,\u201d he stated. \u201cThe Bank of Ghana undertook what is called the KYC \u2014 Know Your Customer \u2014 and those companies were also sent to the FIC for them to basically screen these companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The remarks come in the wake of a report by policy think tank IMANI 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