A new 28-minute documentary by journalist, Paul Adom-Otchere, recounting the entire history of the judgement debt scandal involving businessman, Alfred Woyome, has aired on Metro TV’s current affairs show, Good Evening Ghana.
In the documentary, Mr. Adom-Otchere describes “Woyomegate” as the longest scandal in the country’s history as it spanned two general elections – 2012 and 2016, without being resolved.
The documentary, however, commences with the first Quality Grain scandal which, Paul narrates, is the first major scandal in the country’s history.
Although it took place in the late nineties, when the government led by Jerry John Rawlings was in place, and involved the payment of about $20 million, prosecution took place under the John Agyekum Kufuor administration.
It was found that a loss of about 3, 826,250,547 cedis had been accrued to the state with, George Sipa Yankey, Ibrahim Adams and Kwame Peprah eventually convicted and jailed.
The focus of the documentary then shifts to the “Woyomegate”, comprehensively chronicling the scandal from its genesis – the hosting of the African Cup of Nations in Ghana in 2008 – to the prosecution of the main character in the $51 million scheme, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
The documentary touches on the actions of the Attorney General and Finance Minister at the time the claims were made by Woyome, Betty Mould Iddrisu and Dr Kwabena Duffuor respectively and the work of Martin Amidu who took over as AG.
It also includes the response from the President at the time, John Evans Atta-Mills at a Meet The Press session where he dismissed assertions that he had sanctioned the payment to Woyome and insisted everything would be done to ensure justice prevails, following a query by Mr. Adom-Otchere at the event.
However, his demise and the inability of his successor, John Dramani Mahama’s administration to ensure a finality was brought to the matter before they lost power to the New Patriotic Party in 2016 meant the scandal had traversed three separate administrations.
The documentary concludes with the latest phase of the scandal, with Woyome’s assets being put up for sale under the incumbent NPP government, to settle the debts owed the state after years of legal battles.
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Source: citinewsroom.com
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Kwas*ea i don't want to mention the name you've chosen because that's not your name but your inferiority complex is destroying your life but I'm happy you've realized we are the majority we own Ghana and nothing can be done without us and I tell you the spin, twist and turn of the ndc and your ndc will lose more than 2016. Charles Bissiw is not a thi*ef like you ndc, he has been exonerated by the CID and if you have a problem with BOST send them to court that's why they are there, your darling Woyome was sent to court and the money doesn't belong to ndc but Ghana and where does Ghana's money come from? Woyome has no right whatsoever to chop where he didn't sow ,the money is for us not for you and we are claiming our money if you don't understand go back to the African court and appeal and you will still lose ! they know you and know nothing good come from you to chop Ghana's money ! You people think Africans don't know Ghana's history and where Ghana's resources come from! the documentary will be aired so you will stop ste*aling from Ghana . Akro*nfuo ! Despite Group of Companies come from a humble beginning and work hard to this level that you are using their website to spill sh*it , they didn't ste*al from Ghana government but worked hard so tell your people to work hard to attain greatness than envying susuccessful Ghanaians and ste*aling from the state to become rich! His properties will be sold it is Ghana money ! Akronfuo !
WHY NOT DOCUMENTARY AT BOST? WHY NOT DOCUMENTARY OF MILITIA AT OSU CASTLE? WHY NOT WASTAGE OF TAX PAYERS MONEY CONSTRUCT POND INSTEAD OF A DAM? WHY NOT DOCUMENTARY ON FRAUDULENT ACQUISITION OF GALAMSEY PERMIT AT FLAG STAFF HOUSE(CHARLSE BISSIW) PAUL YOU ARE A JOURNALIST, WITH YOUR NAKED EYES OPENED, SO CALLED JOURNALIST WERE ENGAGED FLAGSTAFF OFFICERS AND SPORTS MINISTRIES TO ACQUIRED AUSTRALIAN VISA. DID I HEAR, WHEN BLACK STARS WERE KICKED OUT OF THE GROUP STAGE AND THE TEAM WAS BACKED HOME IN GHANA, SUPPORTERS WERE STILL FEEDING AND LODGING IN PLUSH HOTEL IN EGYPT ON TAX PAYERS MONEY? SOME JOURNALIST LIKE PAUL ADOM , AN APPOINTEE OF '' NANA ADDAAA' NAAAADAA GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION BOARD HAS THE NERVE TO DO A DOCUMENTARY ON A MORIBUND WOYOME STORY AND DELIBERATING CLOSING HIS EYES ON CURRENT HAPPENINGS