The Attorney General and Minister for Justice designate, Godfred Dame, says the corruption assessment risk done by the former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on the controversial Agyapa deal was just his opinion.
Mr Dame added that Mr Amidu also misconstrued the President’s suggestion that persons mentioned in the report be given a fair hearing as interference leading to his resignation.
Among other things that led to Mr Amidu’s resignation, the former Special Prosecutor cited interference by the President Akufo-Addo after he conducted a corruption risk assessment on the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalties deal.
He said the reaction he received for daring to produce the Agyapa Royalties Limited Transactions anti-corruption report convinced him beyond any reasonable doubt that he was not intended to exercise any independence as the Special Prosecutor in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and recovery of assets of corruption insisting that his position as the Special Prosecutor has consequently become clearly untenable.
But answering questions during his vetting at Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mr Dame said was executing his mandate and misunderstood the president’s suggestion to give members of the Finance Ministry whose names had been mentioned a fair hearing.
Mr Dame, however, said he “was not part of the transaction for the Agyapa deal because of the schedule of work,” but added that “I have studied the opinion of the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo,” and fully supports that position.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
