The controversies surrounding businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome keeps increasing as pressure group OccupyGhana says it has discovered another GH¢35 million contract which was awarded to him.
Mr Woyome is yet to refund a GH¢51.2 million judgement debt he obtained from the state which according to the Supreme Court was acquired through unconstitutional and invalid contracts between the state and Waterville Holdings Limited in 2006 for the construction of stadia for CAN 2008.
A new discovery according to a statement by OccupyGhana says "Government of Ghana has, on the blind side of Ghanaians, entered into a ‘confidential’ and potentially lucrative agreement with Woyome, acting through one of his companies, Anator Holding Company Limited.”
Read below OccupyGhana's full statement.
24th NOVEMBER, 2016
OCCUPYGHANA® PRESS STATEMENT
WOYOME AGAIN! GH?35 MILLION CONTRACT DISCOVERED: OCCUPYGHANA® EXPOSES GOVERNMENT
OccupyGhana® is shocked, outraged and appalled to discover this: That while the nation is still reeling from the effect of the Alfred Woyome judgment debt scandal, and the stalled and hesitant attempts by the Attorney-General to execute the judgment of the Supreme Court, the Government of Ghana has, on the blind side of Ghanaians, entered into a “confidential” and potentially lucrative agreement with Woyome, acting through one of his companies, Anator Holding Company Limited.
This same Anator Holding Company, in the current proceedings in court, is one of the companies that has filed an interpleader, claiming to be the owner of two of Woyome’s properties that the Government has finally managed to attach in execution of the judgment. That matter is still pending and unresolved.
We have seen 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 Framework Agreement with Ghana is expressed to have been entered into so that Woyome’s company can raise an initial financing of US$8.5M 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 agreement.
That bogus Agreement 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 16th December 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.
We have seen how Woyome operates. He hit us for GH¢51.2M that he did not deserve, on the basis of a non-existent contract. Our Government and its lawyers, either unconcerned or guilty of complicity, sat back when Woyome went to court and obtained a default judgment against us.
Even though Mr. Martin Amidu has obtained judgment for the people of Ghana, we are struggling to recover that money from him, and this same Anator Holding is battling to stop us from selling at least two of Woyome’s properties to pay the debt.
It, therefore, beggars belief that in the face of all of these, our government would enter into any kind of agreement involving the same character and/or his companies.
The irony of the date that agreement was signed cannot be lost on us. 21st December 2015 was the date that the former Minister of Transport, Dzifa Attivor, appeared in Parliament to lament that her Ministry was broke and that its budget was “woefully inadequate to meet developmental needs of the sector.” Incidentally, that was also the date that the impugned Smarttys deal, involving the same Dzifa Attivor, broke in Parliament.
We are shocked beyond words! We demand from the Government, full disclosure and a full explanation of the circumstances surrounding this contract. Who authorised it? Did the President know that Dzifa Attivor was entering into this contract on our behalf, and if so, did he do anything to stop it? Did the President know about the Cabinet approval? We demand from the Government and GPHA evidence that all proper statutory and procurement approvals were duly obtained in entering into these agreements and memoranda with Woyome. Further, we demand that the Government immediately cancels that agreement.
Woyome has our money. He obtained that money under dubious circumstances. Thanks to Mr. Martin Amidu, we have judgment against him. He has failed to pay. We should not be doing business either with him or with any corporate entity that he owns, controls or is associated with, under any circumstances.
Yours, in unwavering service to God and Country,
OccupyGhana®
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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You see,i always say we still have human beast among us.upon all what is going on,some people don,t get it.They prefer a day feed to four years period.And there after they will attend all night praying to GOD for a help.I am telling you God will never, never answer this. Your will, is your thump, so, use it wisely is your future.Look at yourselves and family think back eight years and find your answer and solution to vote.No one will decide for you.It your life folks think of it.The Satan at its work.Do not deceive or be deceived.Ndc is an agent of satan bloody party don,t join period.
Hmmmmm my friend said NPP has no message going forward and we argued on this but he seems vindicated. In fact we are tired of this Woyome stuff. It will not add an extra vote because the independent minded Ghanaians know it is propaganda which can only receive mass appeal in your strongholds.
Am almost lost how can anybody in his or her righr mind do such a thing to his or her country men and women.This man is owning us yet gov is still adding more contracts to him i wonder what will if N.D.C Win this electrions they will just give Ghana to him.OH,OH,Ghanaians let us save by voting this heartless gov out
NDC AWAY NPP ANOTHER SHOCK
conscience! Conscience !! conscience!!! As a country, we have lost my moral consciousnesses.
The good people of Ghanaian I think it is time Ghana has to move forward and how do we do these one by Thanking the Mighty God 2) appreciate any situation we as country fund ourself in 3) Let us ask ourself that NPP and NDC what have we as Ghanaian done to them to deserve these kind of governance and the last we as Ghanaian should vote them out.
It looks as if Npp has no message for Ghanaians going into the December elections hence their frustrated attempt to rekindle the Woyome Fire. I strongly believe that most Ghanaians are even fed up with Woyome Woyome nun sense. Four four years not even the Supreme Court has been able to find Woyome guilty of any wrongly dealings. All they said was that, he had been wrongly paid and has to pay back, Woyome has agreed and made arrangement to pay, so I just don't understand the problem of all these Npp ediots. Even if the government has given Woyome deal again, is the so call new deal legal or not. We are tired of your fuuulishhness.
Occupy NPP, go and visit your friend in prison. He used his simbox fraud money to finance you.
You can uncover more millions of deals government has with Woyome but all will amount to nothing. Sometimes I ask myself, do people think there is no God who sees their hate, jealousy and envy of president mahama's presidency. The media, amidus, occupy Ghana and virtually all university lecturers are fighting against the president simply because they think he doesn't deserve to be their president, but they need to understand that God doesn't care about how human sees things, God knows the president heart, hence enthroning him as Ghana's president. You can do all you can to sabotage him but come December 7, you will be shocked. I know the president will win because of how he has tolerated all these nun sense and has not in anyway used his power to go after his detractors. If nana Addo was the president, I am very sure occupy Ghana and amidus would have vanished long time ago. The major attributes of God is peace and love, and as long as the president has these qualities no satanic group or persons can dethrone him. All jokers would be smiling at the wrong side of their mouth of December 7.
Ghana will soon suffer a heart attack under this government. Y3br333333 ooooooo Mahama! Y333hunu amane paa w) wop3nso. Eiiiiiiiii )man b3n ni.