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General News of Monday, 11 March 2002

Source: Ghanaian Voice

Akuffo-Addo should be charged

with causing financial loss to the state

Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo who once contested President J.A. Kufuor for the NPP Presidential slot should be charged for causing financial loss to the state.

By the judgement of the Delta Foods case which had the former Acting President and still the Speaker of Parliament as their lawyer, the Supreme Court ruled that the Government should pay ?45 million a day as an interest on judgement debt until the money is fully paid.

Ghana's Attorney General and Minister of Justice sought to overturn the judgement in an American Court but failed. In this wise Nana Akufo-Addo will not claim ignorant of the whole transaction. As at Sunday the debt owed to the Delta Foods was running to over $10 million.

The "Ghanaian Voice" has gathered that the NDC government, which is not known for such democratic credentials as the NPP had even paid part of the money to the Delta Foods including the legal fees of the Hon. Peter Ala Adjetey who was and still is the counsel for the Delta Foods. "Everyday that the money is not paid HIPC - Ghana continues to accumulate ?45m a day as interest.” By not advising the government to pay the debt Hon. Akufo-Addo is doing disservice to his party and the state as whole.