Power goes off at judgement debt c’ssion office

As a result, sitting at the JDC yesterday was delayed for about two hours, while electricians managed to connect power from a stand-by generator.

When sitting eventually resumed, the Sole Commissioner of the JDC, Mr Justice Yaw Apau, apologised for the late start of proceedings for the day.

He said the delay was due to the disconnection of power to the building housing the commission, not the result of a power outage.

“Sorry for the late start. We came to meet the disconnection. It is not a matter of ‘dumsor’; it is a matter of disconnection,” he explained.

Intervention

Mr Justice Apau drew the attention of the Director in charge of External Resource Mobilisation at the Ministry of Finance, Mr Kwadwo Awua-Peasah, to the disconnection.

Mr Awua-Peasah had mounted the witness box to answer questions in relation to a road construction transaction.

He said he had already informed the director in charge of budget at the Ministry of Finance about the huge bills and the disconnection.

Road construction case

Mr Awua-Peasah was requested by the commission to present evidence of transfer of payment to Messrs Allegemeine Bau Union (ABU) GMBA & Co KG, a construction firm, between 1994 and 1996.

He said he could not trace the documents, as some of them had been taken to National Archives.

He, therefore, requested for some time to locate the documents and furnish the commission with them.

The Deputy Controller and Accountant-General in charge of Treasuries, Mr Andrews Kingsley Kwadzo Kufe, also appeared before the commission in relation to the same case.

He also indicated that he could not find the file on the transfer payment to Messrs ABU.

The two cases were subsequently adjourned sine die.

Horticultural station

The acting Chief Parks and Gardens Officer, Mr Nantogma Adam Wumbei, was at the JDC to answer questions relating to the compensation payment for the horticultural station at Medie in Accra.

He said an inter-ministerial committee had been set up to work out the payment of compensation to 10 families listed as owners of the land.

Mr Wumbei said he could not tell whether or not the state had paid any compensation to the said families.