General News of Tuesday, 9 March 2021Source: 3 NewsGov’t to take Agyapa deal back to ParliamentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoThe controversial Agyapa Royalties agreement will be tabled for consideration again by the Eighth Parliament, the President has hinted. In his first state-of-the-nation address to that Parliament on Tuesday, March 9, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said “in the course of this session of Parliament, Government will come back to engage the House on the steps it intends to take on the future of the Agyapa transaction”. The agreement, which was approved by the Seventh Parliament on Friday, August 14, 2020, had to be withdrawn after a corruption-risk assessment was conducted by then Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu. Resigning a few days afterwards, the Special Prosecutor accused President Akufo-Addo of interfering in his assessment on the deal under the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act, 2018 (Act 978). In exercise of what you considered to be your powers under Act 959, you had voluntarily proceeded to produce the Agyapa Report.

Source: GhanaWeb March 09, 2021 16:41 UTC