{"id":709160,"date":"2019-09-24T12:55:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/we-followed-due-process-govt-responds-to-jospong\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T12:55:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:55:30","slug":"we-followed-due-process-govt-responds-to-jospong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/we-followed-due-process-govt-responds-to-jospong\/","title":{"rendered":"We followed due process &#8211; Govt responds to JOSPONG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/we-followed-due-process-govt-responds-to-jospong\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"497\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569306979_83_Asamoah-Boateng-696x497.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Asamoah Boateng\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Asamoah Boateng <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Government insists it followed due process in the takeover of the Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have solid grounds and we followed due process to abrogate the contract,\u201d Acting Director-General of State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng said on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, <strong>Dwaso Nsem<\/strong>, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORY: JOSPONG reacts to govt\u2019s illegal takeover of GCDGL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nmaintained that, JOSPONG since the takeover did not invest in the diamond mine<br \/>\nwhich amounts to breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>This was in response to claims by management of JOSPONG Group of Companies that the takeover is \u201cillegal and unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Photo: Kwaku Bonsam to contest as an MP in 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement copied to <strong>Adomonline.com<\/strong>, the JOSPONG Group of Companies said since its acquisition of the \u201ccompletely run down\u201d mine,  $20 million dollars has been invested to revive it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, Mr Boateng maintained that the claim of investment at Akwatia mine is factually incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Akwatia last week and didn\u2019t see any investment done so that is not right,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: I wept a lot in my marriage \u2013 Mcbrown recounts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SIGA boss cited Clause (13) of the Mining Law as the authority that permits the government to takeover a company that has failed to fulfill contract obligations. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Boateng said the government will not allow any local company to rundown state asset to the detriment of the indigenes. <\/p>\n<p>Source: Ghana | Adomonline.com | Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Asamoah Boateng Government insists it followed due process in the takeover of the Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited. \u201cWe have solid grounds and we followed due process to abrogate the contract,\u201d Acting Director-General of State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng said on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, Tuesday. 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