The beginning of the end – of course they are no more interested in retrieving the money from Woyome – they never were.
The Attorney General has written to the Supreme Court notifying it of its decision to discontinue a new motion brought against businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome which had earlier been approved by the court.
It’s not like anyone is surprised here- the deal was fishy from the start, but it obviously would not have gone through without collusion from high places.
So asking for some money to be refunded and then everyone goes their way is just a way to look like remedying the situation without actually doing anything.
The status quo in Ghana is that you fleece the state, and if you’re unfortunate enough to be caught you just pay back the money and go your way, no harm no foul.
Which powerful person goes to jail for fraud in Ghana? Why punish those who steal millions when you can punish those who steal goats and 100 cedis out of necessity and poverty?
The advocacy group CitizenGhana Movement (CGM) has filed a suit against the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong- due to her failure to retrieve Ghc 51.2m from Woyome.
The money, the so-called judgement debt which was paid to the businessman, had been ordered retrieved by the Supreme Court since July 2014- yet the state’s coffers has not seen the money despite several promises from both quarters concerning its retrieval.
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marrietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has submitted to the Chief of Staff her report on the Ghc 3.6m branding saga that has engulfed the country lately.
The saga involves branding 116 commercial buses which were acquired to augment the fleet of the Rapid Bus Transport system in the capital. Each bus was branded with the likeness of former Presidents of the Republic, and somehow that cost the taxpayer Ghc 3.6m.
