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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Do not bring tribal sentiments in here and let us deal with the criminals. I am an Akan but i do not subscribe to Akan coming together to boot NDC because we also have criminals in other parties as well. Let us fight for the right things to be done without fear or favour.
THAT DRILL SHIP CASE IS DED AND BURIED. IT IS NO CASE. THE ***barred word*** NDC JUST WANTED SOME EQUALIZATION, FORGET IT. THE WOYOME CASE IS A TRUE 'CREATE LOOT AND SHARE' DIDN'T WOYOME HIMSELF ADMIT TO CHAIRMAN GENERAL THAT HE HAD NO CONTRACT WITH GHANA GOVT ON KOKROOKOO? I WAS LISTENING TO THAT PROGRAMME THAT FATEFUL DAY AND I IMPLORE CHAIRMAN GENERAL TO PLAY THAT RECORDING FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY DO DIGEST. NDC IS A REAL CROOKED PARTY!!!!!
IF YOU THINK ITS NOT TRUE, THEN GO GET YOURSELF A DAILY GRAPHIC AND START EDUCATING YOURSELF WITH THE TRUTH YOU FIND THERE OR BETTER STILL YOU CAN READ FROM MYJOYONLINE.COM, STARRFMONLINE.COM, CITIFMONLINE.COM, GHONETV.COM, TV3NETWORK.COM...... I CAN SEE YOU DON'T READ BEFORE YOU START ARGUING.....THANK YOU.
I heard about this long ago. Am told Woyome is airways at ministry of transport intimidating people about this contract. It is true
Whatever your name is going by Narcotics Dealers Conmen (NDC, Note that your post lost it when you called for one tribe to vote out this government. Voting out this government I completely agree with you. But to say "Unless Akans stand up and vote this people out of power, our resources would be stolen and mismanaged by such wicked aliens" is a most unfortunate statement to be be made in Ghana. Wise up my friend and understand that Ghana and her resources do not belong to Akans alone but to ALL Ghanaians and it will take us all to vote out such crass corrupt and destructive government. Thank you.
you sound like woyome's tribe abi. disgraceful to my people. our fathers never thought us this greed and avarice,
seems as if Ghana has no elder to advise her, we have become a bastard nation all of a sudden. what disrespect to the people of Ghana. for Dzifa Attivor? she should pray very hard
GANGS GANGS AND GANGS IN THE NAME OF GOVERNANCE. IS THIS THE SAME PARTY JJ RAWLINGS FORMED?
WHAT A COUNTRY? WHAT A GOVERNMENT? WHAT AN INSULT? WHAT A SHAME? WHAT ARROGANCE? WHAT IMPUDENCE? WHAT A JOKE? WHAT INCOMPETENCE? I REMEMBER THE REVOLUTION, I WEEP FOR GALLANT MEN WHO FELL BECAUSE OF BEING 'CORRUPT', I PITY GENERATIONS UNBORN, I SEE A BLEAK GHANA, A GHANA MOVING BACKWARDS, A GHANA WHERE ***barred word*** SYNDROME IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY CONCERNING OUR PUBLIC PURSE. ARISE MEN OF COURAGE. CAMPAIGN ON THE HILLS AND IN THE VALLEYS, AT THE ROOF TOPS AND ON FARM LANDS. IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE BLOODS AND TOILS OF OUR FATHERS, THEN ARISE AND VOTE AGAINST CORRUPTION, VOTE AGAINST ***barred word*** AND IMPUNITY VOTE THE NDC OUT. I NOW UNDERSTAND AMIDU CLEARLY. I HAVE CHANGED MY MIND. I DID NOT WANT TO VOTE, NOW I SHALL SURELY VOTE, DON'T ASK ME FOR WHO BECAUSE YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE
This whole ndc governing body under mahama is a total joke! I am an ndc member, and our late father prof. mills had a vision for the country. mahama and his cronies on the other has nothing to offer but to create loot and share . . . bunch of ***barred word*** in suits . . . interesting, am amazed . . . Ghanaians should vote for Nana Konadu agyeman to restore the glory of our beloved country