Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has accused President John Mahama of reviving and rebranding the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal under a new name-GoldBod.
Speaking on Wontumi Morning Show, the NPP executive, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, alleged that after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) strongly opposed the Agyapa initiative during Akufo-Addo's administration, they have now adopted the same idea under a different name for their own political convenience. "When Akufo-Addo introduced the Agyapa royalties deal, they rejected it outright and mobilized public resistance.
Today, the same concept has returned, but now they call it GoldBod," Wontumi stated.
The Agyapa Royalties deal, introduced in 2020, aimed to monetize Ghana's mineral royalties by creating a special purpose vehicle-Agyapa Royalties Limited-through which the state could raise capital on the London Stock Exchange.
