Ghana’s Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu, has stated that the inability of successive governments to retrieve a €47 million judgement debt paid illegally to Waterville Holding is very bad.
In his view, he personally disappointed adding that Ghanaians have been betrayed by their own government.
He made this known during a recent interview where he said;
“I feel very bad. And I feel not personally betrayed. I feel Ghanaians have been betrayed by their own governments.”
The Special Prosecutor took the Attorney-General to the Supreme Court due to the fact that the Ministry failed to carry out an order to retrieve the €47 million judgement debt. He held that despite a ruling by an Arbitration Tribunal that the judgement debt is retrieved, the ruling is yet to be carried out.
He indicated that Ghana’s Attorney-General, Gloria Akuffo, even failed to tell the Ghanaians that the International Court of Arbitration has ruled in favor of Ghana on the matter against Waterville Holding, a construction firm and Alfred Woyome, a businessman.
“The reason why I fell out with [late President Prof Evans Atta Mills] was that on the 13th of January 2012 I insisted that we retrieve those monies – from both Woyome and Waterville.
We disagreed, I decided that I was leaving…But I had assured Prof Mills that when I leave, I was going to ensure that that Waterville and Woyome case goes to the Supreme Court so that a decision will be made that I was right.
I pursued at my personal expense, time and everything…God being good, we won – GH¢51 million with interest. Against Waterville, a total of GH¢47 million with interest,” Martin Amidu added.
