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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WHT YOU SAID IS PERFECTLY TRUE. THE EWE TROKOSIS ARE VAMPIRES SUCKING GHANAIANS BLOOD. THIS CANTATA WITH WOYOME IS THE MOST STCHUUUUPID THING NDC HAS DONE TO GHANAIANS. THE EWES ARE SUPPORTED BY THEIR COUSINS, ADAS AND KROBOS WHO ALSO VOTE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF GHANA. IT IS BEYOND COMPREHENSIONTO VOTE FOR A PARTY THAT ALWAYS SINKS GHANA. THEY ARE LIKE SMOKERS WHO SMOKE TO DEAATH, THEY ARE EXTREMELY STCHUUUUUUUUUUPID!!!!!!
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GOD CREATED AN EVIL MAN LIKW MAHAMA TO TORTURE A WHOLE NATION LIKE GHANA. BUT PERHAPS IT IS NOT GOD BUT THE EWES, ADAS, KROBOS, BRONGS, SEFWIS AND NORTHERN GHANAIANS WHO VOTE BLINDLY ARE THE CAUSE OF THIS MAHAMA CONCERT PARTYAS I TAB THE KEYS OF MY PC NOW , I ON'T KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO AFFORD B/FAST THIS AM. DERA LORD, KILL WICKED BOLE MAHAMA FOR GHANAIANS TO BREATHE SOME AIR OF FREEDOM, AMEN
how do u expect them to pay back the GHC52 million after spending it. they will try to pay back through the same means they took it. this is no surprise bcos i have always known this and it is the reason they are trying to buy time with the case. let us vote for change to save the nation's purse but with this mahama guy our monies will continue to fly like Usain bolt. does anyone else understands mahama's usain bolt sign? with that sound at the end? well u dont need anyone to explain to u. I am for change
Ha Kofi you are very ***barred word***/***barred word*** like, even Peace FM workers are so ***barred word***/***barred word*** like madders
these ayibge people do not want to use their brains and hands to work for their wealth. they are interested in being in government and stealing and living off the hard working akans who pay the chunk of taxes in the country. look at the poor cocoa farmers; what do they get from the government? thanks to kwame nkrumah anyway
NDC has contracted a native doctor to kill Nana Addo by spiritual means. The modus operandi is that, they purchased a bull and painted it in NPP colors. Next they wrote Nana Addo's name on it. At 2am in the night of either Wednesday or Thursday, they were to burry the bull alive. To their chagrin , they found the bull already dead before it could be burried. As of now, the way and manner the ***barred word*** died still remains a mystery to them. AS A RESULT THE ADVICE THAT WAS GIVEN TO NDC WAS THAT , THEY SHOULD STOP THAT DEVILISH ACT, AS ANY ***barred word*** THEY WILL USE FOR THAT RITUAL WILL DIE AS THE FIRT ONE HAS DIED.
And 'MINE' question for you is how come you don't know English grammar and you're blasting us like this on this platform?
THIS IS NOT A TIME TO CONDEMN NDC BUT IS A TIME TO ELIMINATE THESE NDC AND NPP PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW HOW GHANAIAN WANT GOD TO TALK TO US BEFORE WE KNOW THAT THESE TWO PARTIES DON'T HAVE ANY THING FOR MOTHER GHANA
MINE QUESTION IS WHY ARE AYIGBE/EWE PEOPLE KRIMINALLY MINED ED PEOPLE NOT MENTIONING THESE NORTHNERS ; THIS ANOTHER JUDGEMENT DEBT INITIATIVE BY THIS KROOKED WOYOME AND THE NDC ; WHY OHH WHY GHANA AND WHERE IS THE FOUNDER JJ RAWLINGS WHO KILLED BECAUSE HE WANTED TO IMPLEMENT ; PROBITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ; WHY ARE AYIGBE/WES HAVE STILLING IN THEIR DNA!!!!!!!
Wow! What a shock. How do NDC take Ghanaian for? I now understand Dzifa Ativor's altrances. She knows the deals she has made and may be heading to prison. ***barred word*** people. God will punish you for deliberately inflicting pains to Ghanaians.