Gary Nimako Marfo, a legal practitioner and former Board Chairman of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), has filed a defamation suit against the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and four others, seeking GHS10 million in damages over a report suggesting the NLA handed over a GHS3 billion business to a private company “in exchange for peanuts.”
Filed at the High Court in Accra on September 30, 2025, the lawsuit names the following as defendants: journalist Seth J. Bokpe of The Fourth Estate, MFWA Executive Director Sulemana Braimah, William Nlanjerbor Jalulah, Philip Teye Agbove, and the Media Foundation for West Africa.
The suit stems from an investigative article published by The Fourth Estate — an initiative under MFWA — which alleged that the NLA ceded a significant revenue stream to KGL Technology Limited, receiving only GHS170 million annually in return. The publication featured Mr. Nimako’s image and claimed the deal amounted to a massive undervaluation of public assets.
Mr. Nimako argues the article was defamatory, misleading, and deliberately crafted to tarnish his reputation, as well as that of other former NLA board members. He is demanding:
A declaration that the publication was defamatory;
A declaration that it was made without lawful justification;
A declaration that it sought to incite public disaffection against him;
GHS10 million in compensatory damages;
A retraction and public apology with the same prominence as the original publication;
Legal costs, including solicitor’s fees.
Court documents show Mr. Nimako is being represented by Marfo & Associates, with writs to be served directly on the named defendants.
In a related development, Samuel Awuku, former Director-General of the NLA, has also strongly rejected claims made in the same report. In a statement dated September 25, 2025, he described the publication as “lopsided” and unrepresentative of the agency’s work under the Good Causes Foundation.
Awuku defended the NLA’s spending decisions, stating that while the Authority did sponsor events such as the EMY Awards and Ghana CEO Summit, these made up just 5% of the Foundation’s overall budget. According to him, such sponsorships were strategic marketing investments designed to attract corporate partners to the NLA’s Caritas Lottery Platform.
He dismissed allegations that funds meant for vulnerable groups were misused, emphasizing the Foundation’s broader social impact over the past three years.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Nhyiraba Solomon Nartey
