AG describes as waste of time TI's Agyapa deal case
According to the AG represented by Chief State Attorney, Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, the case before the court does not in any way reveal corrupt dealings or tendencies in the deal.
The Attorney General has told the ECOWAS Court that a case filed against it by Transparency International is a complete waste of time and lacks merit.
According to the AG represented by Chief State Attorney, Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, the case before the court does not in any way reveal corrupt dealings or tendencies in the deal.
Transparency International, an anti-graft agency, filed the case at the Regional Court against the Agyapa deal, which seeks to monetize the country’s Gold Resource in order to raise revenue for national development.
Transparency International indicates that such a deal would make Ghanaians lose their rights to gold royalties and deprive the future of this country of their assets.
They are thus praying the ECOWAS Court restrain the country from engaging in such a deal.
However, documents filed by the AG and sighted, state that the suit does not indicates incidents of corruption and alleged breach of the rights of Ghanaians.
Chief State Attorney, Dorothy Afriyie Ansah further explained that the deal does not seek to surrender the nations’ resources as purported by Transparency International.
She additionally questioned the locus of Transparency International in the matter since it was an international organization not registered in West Africa.
She, therefore, described the application as a waste of time and lacking merit thus praying the court to dismiss the same.
On March 23, 2022, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice presided over by Edward Amoako Asante ordered the Attorney General of Ghana to file all additional documents by March 28 and ordered the same to pay an amount of $750 for the late filing of its defense in the case.
The court has meanwhile adjourned to July 13 to deliver its judgment.
