A three-member panel of the ECOWAS Court presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante has awarded cost of $750 equivalent to over (GHc5,600) against the Attorney-General (AG) of Ghana over the Agyapa Deal.
The court awarded the cost against the AG because he had requested for time to file a reply in a case in which Transparency International, Ghana Integrity Initiative and Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition have sued Ghana Government over the Agyapa deal.
The applicants m are asking for more clarity of the proposed deal by the government to explore the country’s gold reserve.
At the sitting today, Wednesday, March 23, the Ghana’s Attorney General represented by Dorothy Afriyie Ansah requested for time to file a reply to the applicants reply to their response.
She had explained that although they filed their rejoinder to the application out of time, they will need more time to respond again to the applicants reply.
She indicated the AG filed the response out of time because she had a post covid complication since the case was assigned to her.
But, Counsel for the applicants led by Olumide Babalola, said their reply to AG’s defence was as far back in July last year.
He complained that there was nothing to respond to by the AG.
He then asked the court to award as cost of $1,000 if the AG needed time to file.
The court presided over by Justice Asante after listening to the parties awarded a cost of $750 against Ghana and directed the AG to file their reply by Monday, March 28.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
