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Two ministers of Energy in the Kufuor administration say the sale of a Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) drill ship in 2001 had been a prudent decision taken by the government to rescue the ailing corporation from financial distress. �I am convinced, as I sit here, that there was no single bad decision taken in that matter,� a former Minister of Energy, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, told the Judgement Debt Commission in Accra yesterday. His deputy, Mr K. T. Hammond, who also appeared before the commission, said: �My Lord, we did everything humanly possible to ensure that this thing was done in the best interest of the country.� The two former ministers could not, however, tell the commission the whereabouts of the $3.5 million from the sale meant to be paid into government chest. Whereas Mr Kan-Dapaah requested the commission to direct that question to the Controller and Accountant-General (CAG), since he/she was responsible for signing government cheques, Mr Hammond dropped a document which he claimed contained clues to the money. Kan-Dapaah Mr Kan-Dapaah had presented a written statement and some attached documents to the commission, detailing the circumstances leading to the sale of the GNPC drill ship and other related matters.