A antecedent at the aggregation explained that "the acquittal is not for the actionable abortion of the arrangement but for the underpayment of West Blue for assignment done during the arrangement aeon from 2015 to 2020." This, the antecedent said, was independent in a accord acumen filed on July 10, 2024, and adopted as the acumen of the court
It is recalled that West Blue filed a clothing at an Accra High Cloister on November 14, 2024, requesting the cloister to adjustment the Attorney-General (1st defendant) and Ghana Revenue Authority (2nd defendant) to accomplish abounding acquittal of GH¢289 actor actuality outstanding fees due for casework rendered
According to the IT company, the outstanding fees were occasioned as a aftereffect of the government's (Finance Ministry and GRA) abortion to pay West Blue the abounding arrangement bulk (from 2015 to 2020) fee - which is a anchored allotment of the final balance Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF) bulk of acceptation consignments entering into Ghana through the seaports, airports, and acreage borders
Beneath West Blue's arrangement with the government, acting through the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the GRA, for accouterment the National Single Window and Integrated Risk Management System (NSW Contract), West Blue was to be paid a arrangement bulk that is a fee agnate to 0.35 percent (zero point three bristles percent), and afterwards bargain to 0.28 percent of the final balance CIF bulk of all acceptation consignments entering into Ghana through the seaports, airports, and acreage borders
However, the government from 2015 until the arrangement concluded in 2020, bootless to pay West Blue the abounding bulk of the anchored allotment of the final balance CIF bulk for acceptation consignments entering Ghana through the seaports, airports, and acreage borders
West Blue's clothing adjoin the government went to a pre-trial stage, and afterwards several appearances afore the pre-trial analysis judge, parties bidding their admiration to the cloister to achieve the clothing by negotiation
In the accord acumen statement, the government of Ghana's negotiating team, fabricated up of admiral from the Ministry of Finance, Ghana Revenue Authority, and the Office of the Attorney General, had a alternation of affairs with admiral of West Blue Ghana and its advocate for an out-of-court settlement
At agreement meetings, West Blue (Plaintiff) presented assorted scenarios to absolve its absolute affirmation of GH¢289,547,825.36 (based on absolute Final Balance CIF value, Assessed CIF, Assessed CCVR collection, and outstanding claims per GRA commissioned Audit) additional General Damages, Compensation, and Costs
Afterwards diffuse deliberations and because the assorted scenarios presented by the parties, the parties acclimatized on the sum of GH¢95,000,000
Plaintiff (West Blue) bidding its alertness to acquire the GH¢95,000,000 net of all taxes instead of GH¢289 actor in achievement of all its claims
A accord acumen was accordingly entered in favor of West Blue (Plaintiff) adjoin the Defendants for accretion of the sum of GH¢95,000,000 in abounding and final achievement of Plaintiff's claims