18/05/2022
๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ก โ ๐พ๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ
Twenty four Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) including the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), the Ghana Centre For Democratic Development (CDD) and the Centre for Extractives and Development Africa (CEDA), have, in a joint statement, said that the Agyapa deal is inherently illegal.
In their view, the President holds the minerals in trust, they are not the Presidentโs property or his governmentโs.
So, they said, it is required that the agreement be returned to Parliament for approval.
โRefusing to do so means we will go to court,โ they said in reaction to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Attaโs recent comment that the government has not abandoned the controversial deal.
Source: 3news