According to the National Democratic Congress stalwart, he laid down his work following oppression from members within the party.

Dr Donkor stated that despite his achievements in office, some party members made attempts to sabotage him.

While many tipped his resignation was due to the power fluctuation as he had himself vowed to resign if the issue was not solved, he said that was just a secondary reason.

“At least the end of the year is December, so you can hold me to that…Yes I will resign,” he is quoted to have said.

He said his resignation came after the load shedding problem had been solved, and it was due to internal politics..

“It was December in 2015 that we announced that end of load shedding because we had a lot of plans to manage our electricity. I resigned in January 2016,” he said on Adom FM’s Burning Issues.

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Stating the true reason, he said some party faithful were not content with the good work he had done and promises he had fulfilled.

He added that some persons were working behind closed doors against him, for which he had to resign to “safeguard his integrity”.

He submitted his resignation letter on Thursday December 31, 2015 after series of dialogues at the Presidency.

It came at a time his one-year-reign had not succeeded in handling the power crisis inherited from the previous government.

Parliament last Friday approved five agreements to allow the country to derive maximum value from its mineral resources and monetise its mineral income accruing to the country in a sustainable and responsible manner, in line with the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act, 2018 (Act 978).

According to the Yapei- Kusawgu legislator, the terms of the agreement is not in favour of the country and there is the need for the government to rethink through it.

He made these arguments on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Tuesday.

“All the 16 companies who have been targeted as the barter for the agreement are the country’s big boys in mining.

“If you look at their cash flow, they constitute about 80% of the total mining revenue which makes the royalties a big deal. The rest are insignificant and negligible,” he said.

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Meanwhile, some 15 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), under the umbrella name Alliance of CSOs working on Extractive, Anti-Corruption and Good Governance, are demanding the immediate suspension of the implementation of the controversial Special Purpose Vehicle, Agyapa Royalties Limited.

The CSOs say until there is full disclosure on the beneficial ownership of the Special Purpose Vehicle, Agyapa Minerals Royalties, the implementation of the deal should be deferred.