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[ 2014-04-25 ] 
Nana Addo, Gloria Akufo commended...
The Judgment Debt Commission last Wednesday heard
how former Attorney-General Nana Akufo-Addo and
his Deputy Gloria Akufo worked to prevent the
payment of huge sums of money to Construction
Pioneers (CP).
David Kwabena Ofosu-Dorte, Senior Partner of
General Law Consult, now AB & David Law, whose
firm was engaged as consultants by the Attorney
General, gave mind-blowing testimony about how
Ghana came to owe Construction Pioneers, popularly
called CP, so much.
The Commission of Enquiry was appointed by
President John Dramani Mahama after public
uproar over the payments of inordinate payments
termed as judgement debts.
Notable among them were payments made to CP (€
94 million) and the never-ending case of GHc 51.2
million parted to the National Democratic Congress
(NDC) financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
Mr. Ofosu-Dorte told Sole-Commissioner Justice
Yaw Apau of the Court of Appeal that then
Attorney-General Nana Akufo-Addo and his Deputy
Gloria Akufo must be commended for doing their
best to ensure that CP did not shortchange Ghana
in the arbitration process.
James Quarshie Factor
He specifically mentioned Mr. James Quarshie, a
director of special duties at the Ministry of
Finance who, he said, frequently interfered in the
CP case, adding, "He operated outside the AG's
office and managed to frustrate the process.
"Ms Gloria Akufo is one minister worth
commending. She went to court on the basis of
the fact that the MoU the government had signed
with CP had said that the matters should be held
before a court in Ghana. Secondly, together with
Nana Akufo-Addo, they were pursuing parallel
negotiations with CP and that went far.
"To the best of my recollection, at some point,
settlement was done at a figure that I cannot
recall, but it was definitely several times less
than I have heard in public was paid. The reason
why I say so was that that settlement included the
CP's admission of the set offs.
"Professionally, I think the AG's office, if there
was any job they did well, then it was this CP
case. They were doing a very good job but I am
aware that James Quarshie made their work almost
impossible," Mr. Ofosu- Dorte underscored. Source - Daily Guide
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