{"id":72678,"date":"2014-12-09T08:17:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T08:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72678"},"modified":"2014-12-09T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T08:18:49","slug":"ag-retrieves-gh%c2%a214-5m-gyeeda-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/ag-retrieves-gh%c2%a214-5m-gyeeda-money\/","title":{"rendered":"AG retrieves GH\u00a214.5m GYEEDA money"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Attorney General\u2019s Department has announced that it has so far retrieved GH\u00a214.5 million from persons who were awarded and paid illegal monies under the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Authority (GYEEDA).<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”PXjMlhSUYIUBfWbaVR71yJWcvl5pG7tC”]The Deputy Attorney-General and Deputy Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine revealed this on Monday at a high-level conference on the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) in Accra.<\/p>\n
Following the acts of corruption uncovered in the operations of GYEEDA, the President, John Mahama ordered the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to collaborate with the Finance Ministry to retrieve all monies which were illegally paid to companies and individuals.<\/p>\n
Major contracts under GYEEDA were terminated, while all payments under the Agency were also suspended.<\/p>\n