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29.07.2014 Politics

Supreme Court Orders Woyome To Refund Unlawful Receipt Of State Funds

By Daily Graphic
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29.07.2014 LISTEN

The Supreme Court has unanimously ordered businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome to refund GhȻ 51.2 million to the state.

Graphic Court Correspondent, Mabel Aku Baneseh reports that the court said Mr Woyome got the money out of an invalid and unconstitutional contract.

According to the court, the contracts upon which he made and received the claim was in contravention to Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, which requires such contracts to be laid before and approved by Parliament.

The court was ruling on a review application filed by a former Attorney General, Mr Martin Amidu on Tuesday.

The eleven-member panel was presided over by the Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood.

Other members of the panel were Julius Ansah, Sophia Adinyira, Rose Owusu, Jones Dotse and Anin Yeboah.

The others were Paul Baffoe Bonnie, N. S. Gbadegbe, Vida Akoto Bamfo, A. A. Bennin and J.B. Akamba.

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