The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta says his outfit carried out due diligence with regards to the processes that led to the approval of the Agyapa Royalties Agreement in Parliament.
In the report, Mr. Amidu had raised red flags against the deal and insisted that a number of processes were deliberately sidestepped.
According to the Special Prosecutor, the selection and appointment of advisors for the agreement did not meet the “fundamentals of probity, transparency and accountability.”
He also alleged that all the various officials who took part in the processes leading to the approval of the deal by Parliament flouted several laws with impunity.
But defending the deal, Mr. Ofori-Atta in a memo copied to the President insists his Ministry has been transparent through out the transaction process.
“This Ministry believes that it has been transparent from the onset,” part of the memo read.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
