News:
December 19, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Adenta Kojo Adu- Asare has called for thorough investigations into the controversy surrounding the GH¢42 million cedis judgment debt awarded the NDC stalwart Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
He said Ghanaians must be interested in unraveling the circumstances under which this whopping amount of money was paid and it’s important that authorities make the bare facts known to the public for all Ghanaians to appreciate.
Mr Woyome, an NDC guru, businessman and a former Deputy Consul of Austria, brought a case against the state on April 19, 2011, claiming he was wrongfully denied a contract to build stadia for the Ghana 2008 tournament and in lieu of that claimed GHC51, 283,480.59 in damages.
The judgment was given in default of a defence by the Attorney General’s Department. Some critics, have therefore, accused officials of the AG’s Department of deliberately refusing to defend the state to enable Mr. Woyome secured a default judgement of GHC51, 283,480.59.
Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo show on Monday, Hon. Kojo Adu –Asare criticized the Attorney General for insisting that the state did not appeal against the case in court because it was deemed a bad case, adding that it was not the business of the AG to determine which case was bad, as it lies in the power of only the competent court to determine that.
“ The statement by the AG was a bit farfetched, am confident that if the state had appealed against the case in court, the state would not have been asked to pay this huge amount’’ he said.
He noted that Alfred Woyome cannot be faulted for taking the money as he was granted the amount by a competent court of jurisdiction.
Hon. Adu –Asare further urged members of the NDC communication team to be circumspect in their statement on the ragging issue, as some of their utterances open more cans of worms and further muddy the waters.
“ This is a serious issue and I will urge everyone who speaks about it especially the politicians to tackle the issue with sober minds’’ he added.
Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh