The Office of the Attorney General has filed charges against former Minister of Education, Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, and one Solomon Asamoah over their involvements in the Accra Sky Train project.
The filing of the charges comes after the Attorney General, Dr , indicated that both Asamoah and Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi will face charges, with some board members offering to testify as prosecution witnesses.
He stated that it has been established that the $2 million payment made by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund was unauthorised, with only former CEO Solomon Asamoah and former Board Chairman, Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi, aware of and involved in the transaction. "In respect of the Skytrain matter, we have completed investigations and will be filing charges hopefully next week.
We have established that the two million United States dollars (US$2,000,000.00) paid by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund was paid without board approval. "The only persons who knew and acted on the payment were the former CEO, Mr Solomon Asamoah, and the former Board Chairman, Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi.
