News:
December 20, 2011
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called for the immediate sack of the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Betty Mould -Iddrisu for her negligence that led to the state paying GH¢58 million to NDC guru and financier Alfred Woyome.
Betty Mould-Iddrisu who was then the Attorney General, refused to put up any defence on behalf of the state after Mr Woyome had taken a legal action against the government of Ghana, claiming over GH¢102 million in damages for breach of contract on the renovation of two stadia – Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra and the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi – prior to the 2008 African Cup of Nations.
The Minority at a press briefing in Accra on Tuesday, citing the Auditor General’s report for the year ending 2010, which indicated that Mr Woyome had received GH¢41,811,480.59 on June 4, 2010 as a settlement of the claims and another payment of GH¢17,094,493.54 on September 22, 2010, bringing the total payment to Mr Woyome to GH¢58,905,974.13, urged President Mills to institute a truly public enquiry into the matter to establish why this amount was paid when Mr Woyome did not obviously merit that amount.
The Minority Leader Osei- Kyei Mensah –Bonsu, who addressed the media, accused President Atta Mills of trying to protect one of his own and also buying time with his request for a detailed report into the matter.
He said President Mills cannot feign innocence of these issue as such huge amounts of judgment debts are paid with the consent of the President.
Hon. Osei- Kyei Mensah –Bonsu noted that President Mills has continuously shielded his appointees whenever issues of corruption had been leveled against them as happened in the Maybe and Johnson case in which Dr Sipa Yankee was relieved of his post as Health Minister only to be re-appointed to a rather larger portfolio, as he is to manage the $3 billion Chinese loan to Ghana.
Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh