Spanish company ISOFOTON has challenged the position of former Attorney General Joe Ghartey that the state under the Kufuor administration had no liability in the abrogation of their contract.
Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Tuesday told journalists that former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani caused the judgment debt by wrongfully terminating a contract against an advice by the then Attorney General and Deputy Agric Minister Clement Elady.
The contract was for the execution of the rural solar electrification project.
Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa accused the former Chief of Staff of acting improperly by abrogating the contract and creating a 1.3 million dollar liability for the state.
Local representative of ISOFOTON, Anane Forson in an interview with XYZ News said accusations that the contract was not approved by the Spanish government are false.
“I have heard him [Joe Ghartey] he was talking about the fact that our contract was not approved by the Spanish government, that is wrong.
“The protocol agreement is with me and there is nowhere it has stated so and the Spanish government was even worried about the fact that they had abrogated the contract” Mr. Forson said.
But former Attorney General Joe Ghartey says eight conditions were contained in the said agreement which was filed on 26th December 2005.
However, when he filed the processes in November 2008 those conditions had not been fulfilled.
“The agreement we are talking about is an agreement of 26th December 2005, between government of Ghana and the company. We said the agreement will not come into force until all formalities written were fulfilled” Joe Ghartey said.**
Source: GhanaWeb
