{"id":661780,"date":"2019-07-22T16:26:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"
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Martin A.B.K. Amidu <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attempt by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to accuse the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of making a \u2018dubious\u2019 payment to Special Prosecutor Martin A.B.K. Amidu has bac"},"modified":"2019-07-22T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:26:18","slug":"ndc-exposed-in-amidu-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/22\/ndc-exposed-in-amidu-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Exposed In Amidu Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Martin A.B.K. Amidu <\/strong><\/p>\n

The attempt by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to accuse the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of making a \u2018dubious\u2019 payment to Special Prosecutor Martin A.B.K. Amidu has backfired. <\/p>\n

This
\nis because documents available to DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> show that when the NDC was
\nin office, it initiated and completed all processes leading to the payments of
\nGH\u00a2212,545.71 and later GH\u00a2108,935.00 by the NPP administration to Mr. Amidu
\nfor his service as Attorney General in the Mills\/Mahama government.<\/p>\n

NDC Propaganda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last
\nweek, the Minority NDC in Parliament accused the NPP government of paying what
\nit called\u00a0 \u2018dubious\u2019 judgment debts to
\nSpecial Prosecutor Martin Amidu and others.<\/p>\n

It
\nwas Minority spokesperson on Finance and former Deputy Finance Minister Cassiel
\nAto Forson, who appeared to impute sinister motive in the payment to Mr. Amidu
\nwhen he insisted that the government must give a breakdown of the payments made
\nand also reveal the identities of the individuals and the companies who had
\nreceived the judgment debts during the tenure of the NPP.<\/p>\n

After
\nthe Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta revealed that the Akufo-Addo administration
\nhad paid over GH\u00a2280 million as judgment debts since it took office in 2017,
\nMr. Ato Forson told journalists that \u201con authority we are hearing that they
\nhave paid the likes of McDan; they have paid Bankswitch and they have paid even
\nthe Special Prosecutor an amount of judgment debt. \u00a0As to whether they qualify to receive that
\namount, it is something we will have to investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd
\nthat is why I requested the minister responsible for finance to give us a
\nbreakdown\u2026I don\u2019t think that in the case of the Special Prosecutor\u2026I hear he
\nwent to court; there was a default judgment and the Special Prosecutor has been
\npaid some amount for the fact that he was wrongfully sacked as minister of
\nstate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Main Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr.
\nAmidu after being removed from his position as Attorney General by then
\nPresident JEA Mills when the Woyome judgement debt scandal broke, filed a suit
\nagainst the government on July 30, 2013, asking among other reliefs, for
\ndamages for breach of contract of employment as well as an order directed at
\nthe government to pay his entitlement to terminal benefits of four months\u2019
\nsalary for every completed year of service or part plus the allocation of one
\nofficial vehicle to be paid for by himself.<\/p>\n

He
\nalso sought an order for the payment of 20% of basic salary in lieu of official
\naccommodation from October 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012 together with interest and
\nan order of cost of transportation from January 20, 2012 to April 30, 2012 to
\ndate of payment.<\/p>\n

The
\nNDC government, through then Attorney General, filed a statement of defence, admitting
\nand denying some of the reliefs sought by Mr. Amidu and said his entitlement
\nhad since been calculated and a cheque was issued by the government to the then
\nCitizen Vigilante.<\/p>\n

On
\nNovember 19, 2013, Mr. Amidu filed a reply, challenging some of the averments
\nin the statement of defence that the NDC government filed.<\/p>\n

The
\nparties on September 2, 2014, came to terms of settlement and an entry of
\njudgement was filed in the court presided over by Justcie K.A. Ofori Atta on
\nSeptember 11, 2014.<\/p>\n

Entry Judgement<\/strong><\/p>\n

In
\nthe entry of judgement, the court had said among other things that \u201cthe
\ndefendant (government) undertakes to pay all salary arrears due the plaintiff
\n(Mr. Amidu) from the last engagement, July 1, 2009 to January 2012, which was
\nbased on the level of a minister (MP) after making all the allowable deductions
\nfor social security, income and others.\u201d<\/p>\n

The
\ncourt then awarded a cost of GH\u00a26,000 to Mr. Amidu.<\/p>\n

Former Chief of Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

In
\ncompliance with the court\u2019s order, a letter to the Minister of Finance signed by
\nthen Chief of Staff Julius Debrah in 2015 said that their checks showed that a
\nfirst instalment of GH\u00a2108,935 was paid by the Ministry of Justice to Mr. Amidu\u2019s
\naccount in December 2014 through the GIFMIS and a second instalment of
\nGH\u00a2212,545.71 was paid to the Chief of Staff\u2019s office in September 2015 and
\nthey subsequently issued a cheque in the name of Mr. Amidu which was forwarded
\nto the A-G\u2019s Department to be forwarded to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately,
\nthe first instalment payment of GH\u00a2108,935 could not be completed because the
\npayee rejected (Mr. Amidu) the payment on grounds that the matter was pending
\nin court,\u201d adding \u201ctherefore, the payment of GH\u00a2108,935 is still outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith
\nthe final determination of the case, it will be appreciated if you could
\nrelease the sum of GH\u00a2108,935 to Mr. Amidu to end the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

On
\nJanuary 9, 2019, Mr. Amidu caused his lawyers to write to the current Chief of
\nStaff acknowledging receipt of GH\u00a221,027.22 being remainder of his SSF deductions
\nin line with the court\u2019s ruling, saying \u201cI signed for them personally on the
\nevening of December 24, 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n

His only concern was that an aspect of the ruling regarding the payment of interest on accruing salaries, rent allowance, arrears and other payments owed him in accordance with Court Rule C.I. 52, had not been complied with and hoped it would be done to bring the matter to finality.<\/p>\n

By Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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