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Woyome to refund GHC51m in three years
Alfred Agbesi Woyome prayed the court to give him three years to pay the judgment debt.
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He made the request on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Counsel for Woyome, Mr Ken Anku argued that his client could not refund the money by December 31, 2015 as he had earlier promised because all his accounts were frozen by the state during criminal investigations into the payment of the money.
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He told the court he could pay GHS8 million by the end of April 2016 and spread the remaining GHS43 million in three years.
Mr Woyome was paid the GHS51.2 million after he sued the state over an alleged breach of a purported contract between him and the Government. In connection with the termination of the same alleged contract, foreign construction firm Waterville Holdings BVI was also paid €25 million.
Background
Woyome was paid the money in three tranches of GH¢17 million each on the pretext that he provided financial engineering for the government for the construction of stadia for the CAN 2008 tournament.
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However, the Supreme Court, in July 2014, unanimously ordered him to refund the GH¢51.2 million to the state.
The court said Mr Woyome got the money out of an invalid and unconstitutional contract.
According to the court, the contract upon which he made and received the claim was in contravention of Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, which requires such contracts to be laid before and approved by Parliament.
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