Making a case for his request , Mr . Adawudu further stated that, Ghanaians deserve to know how much will be paid as interest on the said bond.<\/p>\n
What the lawyer requested for<\/strong><\/p>\n In a letter addressed to the Attorney General and copied to the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Adawudu, who also enclosed a processing fee of GHc 1,000, said the information he was seeking for was aimed at addressing several concerns voiced on the matter.<\/p>\n \u201cI am exercising my legal and constitutional right and the Attorney General is the principal legal adviser to the government. If you look at the Right to Information Bill, it is the Minister of Justice and Attorney General who is responsible if information is wanted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at the information I am seeking, it is a very a extensive question, and I ask that the data should also be added.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Adawudu noted that, most of the information on the bond issue was circulating in the media, but could not necessarily be taken to be the truth, despite the \u201crebuttable presumption that it is authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe information that we are getting cannot just be said to be the authentic information, that is why I am asking for the authentic information from the government.\u201d<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Concerns were raised about the transparency of the $2.25 billion bond, with some suggesting that, the apparent secrecy over the deal fueled the allegations of conflict of interest against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.<\/p>\n Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, remarked to Citi News<\/strong> that in times past, when bonds have been issued, there have been road shows, announcements or visits to Parliament \u201cbut this seems to have happened rather quickly.<\/p>\n The Minority in its conflict of interest allegations, said a non-executive director on the board of Investment Firm, Franklin Templeton, who purchased 95 percent of the $2.25 billion bond, is also the Chairman of the Enterprise Group, which has links to the Attorney-General and the Finance Minister.<\/p>\n The Minority eventually called for a full-scale parliamentary probe into the bond issue.<\/p>\n The Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yaw Brogya Genfi, has also petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the $ 2.25 billion bond.<\/p>\n But the Finance Minister through the AG’s department, has asked CHRAJ to dismiss the petition because the claims are completely false.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"Finance](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ken-Ofori-Atta.jpg\")
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