Martin Amidu was unfair to me in Agyapa report - Ken Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister-designate said he was not given an opportunity to address some of the issues in the report.
Jonas Danquah 
Finance Minister-nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta has continued his defence of the Agyapa deal insisting that the government broke no laws in its appointment of the transaction advisor.
He described the value-for-money assessment report prepared by the former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu on the Agyapa deal, as unfair.
He said some of the accusations against him by Mr. Amidu was a disservice to him.
“There is a bit of cynicism around the Agyapa transaction. I think that for Martin Amidu’s report on it to be put out to the public without a chance by people like me to discuss it is a disservice,” Mr Ofori-Atta told Parliament’s appointments committee of Parliament.
The Finance Minister-designate added that he was not given an opportunity to address some of the issues in the report.
In his corruption risk assessment of the controversial deal, Mr. Amidu argued among other things that consultations over the agreement were not comprehensive and innovative enough.
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He further disclosed that the selection and appointment of advisors for the agreement did not meet the “fundamentals of probity, transparency and accountability.”
The Special Prosecutor in his report took a swipe at the various officials who took part in the processes leading to the approval of the agreement.
Ken Ofori-Atta, however disclosed that the deal is likely to return to Parliament in a restructured form.
“We will resubmit it to parliament. The question, in this new normal, is what we do to leverage our natural resources. I hope we all come to terms with how we will capitalize and grow our transformation.”
