The government has settled all validated claims for refund of passengers and travellers who purchased tickets but could not travel on the defunct Ghana International Airlines Limited (GIAL).<\/p>\n
A statement issued by the Ministry of Transport in Accra on
Monday said the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, under the
directive of President John Evans Atta Mills, had released
GH\u00a21,306,077.89 for the settlement of the remaining validated claims.<\/p>\n
\u201cA directive to that effect, signed by Dr Kwabena Duffour,
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, on March 18, 2011,
authorised the Controller and Accountant General to release the amount
to enable the Ministry of Transport to pay validated outstanding
refund to Travel and Tour Operators for onward payment of the cost of
ticket to the affected passengers,\u201d the statement signed by Mr Kweku
Sersah-Johnson, Public Affairs Director, said.<\/p>\n
Since GIAL ceased operations in May last year, stranded
passengers in and out of Ghana who did not benefit from Government\u2019s
initial refund packages have been demonstrating especially at the
Ghana High Commission in London demanding their refund.<\/p>\n
The statement said GH\u00a23,664,099.81 had so far been released to
meet the refund of all claims validated by the Interim Management
Committee set up by the Ministry of Transport to handle the exercise.
\u201cAll the claims of about 2,600 passengers have been met as well
as payments by Government to other Airlines which were contracted to
transport some of the stranded passengers to their various
destinations in the wake of the end of the operations of the GIAL.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this recent release\u2026the Ministry of transport is of the
hope that all outstanding validated claims would have been covered
and\/or catered for and that this should bring to an end all attendant
agitations,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
Three former Ministers and a former Greater Accra Regional
Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) appeared in court in March last
year charged with various counts for the various roles they played in
the formation of GIAL and subsequent liquidation of the national
carrier, Ghana Airways.<\/p>\n
The four are Richard Anane, former Minister of Transport, Anthony
Akoto Osei, former Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance and
Economic Planning, Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani, former Chief of Staff and
Samuel Crabbe, former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of NPP.
The four have been charged with stealing, causing financial loss
to the State, fraud and deceit of public officer, regarding the roles
they played in the formation of GIAL and the subsequent liquidation of
Ghana Airways.<\/p>\n
Five others were expected to appear with them but they were not
present in court. They are Mr Ralf Atkins, Kirk Heaton, Albert Vitali
and Brain Brisby, all Former Directors of GIAL and Professor Gyan
Baffour, former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.
Anane and Crabbe, who is also President of Unger Oaks Limited,
minority shareholders of the GIAL, have been additionally charged with
wilfully causing financial loss to the State to the tune of $4.9
million.<\/p>\n
Akoto Osei was also charged with six additional counts of
wilfully causing financial loss to the State, fraud and deceit of
public officer. They all pleaded not guilty to the charges and were admitted to self- recognizance bail of GH\u00a2300,000 each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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