Ghana could pay embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome huge sums of money when the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt case ends.<\/p>\n
At least that is the prediction by Mr. Woyome, who has accused Ghanaians of destroying most of his businesses over\u00a0the judgment debt case.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”wzmc1xEuQ1Ga2RjVtNWDNshQxLxSBSBU”]\u201cI work here and I employ people, you\u2019ve destroyed much of my work, the businesses and everything. Look Ghanaians, let me tell you for a fact; before this case ends, I am envisaging that Ghana is going to pay a lot of money to me,\u201d he said at a press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n
Mr. Woyome has so far held two press conferences after the Supreme Court ordered him to appear before it to be orally examined by anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu, who was once an Attorney General in\u00a0the NDC administration.<\/p>\n
Mr. Amidu prayed the Supreme Court to allow him examine Woyome after the Attorney General discontinued processes to demand the payment of the GHc51 million from the businessman.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Alfred Woyome was paid \u00a251 million after he claimed that he helped Ghana to raise funds to construct stadia for purposes of hosting the CAN 2008 Nations Cup.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the money after Mr. Martin Amidu challenged the legality of the payments in court.<\/p>\n Meanwhile some efforts by the Attorney General to retrieve the GHc51 million including selling his property to defray the debt has proved futile.<\/p>\n I will pay the money<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Woyome, while addressing a news conference on Friday after a similar one on Thursday in which he accused the Supreme Court of persecuting him,\u00a0promised to pay the money adding that \u201c I will respect the Supreme Court; but I disagree with the ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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