Agyapa Deal Is Transparent – Ofori-Atta Fires Back At Amidu

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has refuted Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu’s corruption risk assessment report that suggested the ‘Agyapa Deal’ is opaque.

In the report, the Special Prosecutor intimated that the selection and appointment of advisors for the agreement did not meet the “fundamentals of probity, transparency, and accountability.”

However, the Finance Minister in a memo insisted that the deal had been transparent from the onset.

“This Ministry believes that it has been transparent from the onset.

“Once Government had independently assessed the potential value of the Transaction to Ghana, and Cabinet had approved the policy to monetize future gold royalties to support current developmental projects, MoF included in the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement, Government’s intention to leverage the future wealth of Ghana’s gold resources to support current developmental needs,” he said.

Source: GhanaFeed.com