Woyome gets GH¢35m contract from Ghana government – OccupyGhana
The businessman locked in a prolonged GH¢51 million judgement debt issue with the government of Ghana, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is reported to have been given another contract by the same government.
Even though the Supreme Court of Ghana has ordered Woyome to refund the money paid to him under unjustifiable circumstances, he is yet to pay back the full amount after some four years.
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana says Woyome has been given a GH¢35 million contract by the government. The group in a press statement issued November 24, 2016, says the government of Ghana has entered into another agreement with Woyome, acting through one of his companies, Anator Holdings Limited.
“This same Anator Holding Company, in the current proceedings in court, is one of the companies that have filed an interpleaded, claiming to be the owner of two of Woyome’s properties that the government has finally managed to attach in execution of the judgement. That matter is still pending and unresolved,” the statement said.
Statement notes that, there is a Framework Agreement dated as recently as 21st December 2015, for Anator Holding to “develop deep seaports (including) industrial parks and green townships” in Ghana.
“The Agreement is signed by Woyome as Executive Chairman of Anator Holding Company Limited, and the then Minister for Transport, Dzifa Aku Attivor. That Agreement was entered into on the basis of a non-binding scantily drafted Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the same Woyome Company and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority on the same subject on 28th August 2015,” the statement said.
It also indicated that the Framework Agreement with Ghana is expressed to have been entered into so that Woyome’s company can raise an initial financing of $8.5 million just for feasibility studies.
“In other words, Woyome is relying on the country’s goodwill to raise financing for a sweetheart deal that he has entered into with the GPHA, and is possibly shopping around banks all over the world for money, on the back of this agreemen,” the group said.
The Agreement according to Occupy Ghana was signed with the express approval of Cabinet, as conveyed by a letter signed by the Chief of Staff from the Office of the President, dated December 16, 2015.
“It is instructive to point out that the Agreement was signed on the same day that the Cabinet approval was received by the Ministry of Transport,” the statement added.
Pamela Ofori-Boateng
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