Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi is former GIIF Board Chair
The Office of the Attorney General has filed charges against former Minister of Education, Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, and one Solomon Asamoah over their involvements in the Accra Sky Train project.
The filing of the charges comes after the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, indicated that both Asamoah and Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi will face charges, with some board members offering to testify as prosecution witnesses.
He stated that it has been established that the $2 million payment made by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund was unauthorised, with only former CEO Solomon Asamoah and former Board Chairman, Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi, aware of and involved in the transaction.
“In respect of the Skytrain matter, we have completed investigations and will be filing charges hopefully next week. We have established that the two million United States dollars (US$2,000,000.00) paid by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund was paid without board approval.
“The only persons who knew and acted on the payment were the former CEO, Mr Solomon Asamoah, and the former Board Chairman, Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi. Both will be charged next week. Some of the board members have offered to testify as witnesses for the prosecution and I am considering their offers,” the AG said while briefing the media at a recent press briefing.
A portion of the charge sheet sighted by GhanaWeb showed that at least two charges had been slapped on the two men, including “Conspiracy to commit a crime” and “Wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic.”
See the court document below:
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