The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has threatened to  hit the street in against  Government should it fail to retrieve  the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt paid to businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

The party, in press statement signed by its communication director Nana Akomea , claims it is "horrified and saddened" by the  report that   the Attorney General is not able to pursue anymore the retrieval of taxpayers monies paid to Mr. Alfred Woyome, as far back as 2010.

Acccording to the NPP, it cannot fathom why no NDC    official involved in the case  has been punished or prosecuted, despite the ruling party itself  admitting the payments to Mr. Woyome were wrong, unjustified and undeserved.

"The NPP is horrified and saddened by the report that the Attorney General is not able to pursue anymore the retrieval of taxpayers monies paid to Mr. Alfred Woyome, as far back as 2010.it reads.

"The NDC government itself as far back as 2009 has admitted the payments to Mr. Woyome were wrong, unjustified and undeserved.'

'But no NDC official involved in this gargantuan loss of taxpayer's monies has been punished or prosecuted."

We demand that President Mahama and his government retrieve the full value of our monies otherwise the party intends to lead Ghanaians in  street protests

"Create, loot and share cannot be rewarded President Mahama must account for our monies or  be shown the red card."it added

A notice of discontinuance dated October 26, 2016, from the Attorney General, stated that, “please take notice that the 1st Defendant Judgment Creditor [Attorney General] herein has this day [26th Day of October 2016] discontinued the present application to orally examine the 3rd Defendant Judgment Debtor [Alfred Agesi Woyome] with liberty to reapply.”

The NPP said it is saddened by the Attorney General’s action.

“The NPP is horrified and saddened by the report that the Attorney General is not able to pursue anymore the retrieval of taxpayers’ monies paid to Mr. Alfred Woyome, as far back as 2010. The NDC government itself as far back as 2009, has admitted the payments to Mr. Woyome were wrong, unjustified and undeserved.  But no NDC official involved in this gargantuan loss of taxpayer's monies has been punished or prosecuted,” the statement added.

Below is the full statement from the NPP
PRESIDENT MAHAMA AND NDC MUST  ACCOUNT FOR OUR WOYOME MONIES OR  BE SHOWN THE RED CARD

The NPP is horrified and saddened by the report that the Attorney General is not able to pursue anymore the retrieval of taxpayers monies paid to Mr. Alfred Woyome, as far back as 2010.

The NDC government itself as far back as 2009 has admitted the payments to Mr. Woyome were wrong, unjustified and undeserved.

But no NDC official involved in this gargantuan loss of taxpayer's monies has been punished or prosecuted.

Per the solo efforts of Mr. Martin Amidu, the Supreme Court in 2014 ordered that the monies should be retrieved, describing the payment as a scheme to create, loot and share taxpayers' monies.

President Mahama and his government did not seek an order for payment with interest despite the Supreme Court ruling.

Despite this, two years after the order for even the greatly devalued ghc52.8 million, president mahama has not managed to retrieve even a PESEWAS of taxpayers' monies from Mr Woyome.

What little hope Ghanaians have that our monies will be retrieved has been dashed by the withdrawal of the Attorney  General from further pursuit of the retrieval of the monies.

The NPP cannot let this corruption and wanton loss of taxpayers monies just go by.

We demand that President Mahama and his government retrieve the full value of our monies otherwise the party intends to lead Ghanaians in  street protests

Create, loot and share cannot be rewarded President Mahama must account for our monies or  be shown the red card.

NANA AKOMEA
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

By:Fiifi Abdul Malik @fiifialmaestro on twitter