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Saglemi trial: NDC MPs storm court to support Collins Dauda, others

byFred Tettey Djabanor
August 5, 2021
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A high-level delegation made up of Minority MPs led by their leader, Haruna Iddrisu, was at the High Court on Thursday, August 5, 2021, to support their colleague MP, Alhaji Collins Dauda, who is facing trial after he was accused of causing financial loss to the state in the controversial Saglemi Housing deal.

Alhaji Dauda, who is a former Minister for Water Resources, Works, and Housing, has been accused of altering the Saglemi housing agreement ratified by Parliament in 2012.

The Minority MPs, who were in court included Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, Dr. Dominic Ayine, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, Eric Opoku, and Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah.

Some national executives of the NDC, including Joshua Akamba and Sammy Gyamfi, were also at the court.

Alhaji Collins Dauda, his successor, former Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, and three others, are facing 52 counts of criminal charges for intentionally misapplying public property, wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic, and dishonestly causing loss to public property.

Meanwhile, Collins Dauda and Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, and two other people have been granted bail by the High Court.

Alhaji Collins Dauda was granted a self-recognizance bail, while his successor, Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, was granted bail to the tune of 65 million dollars with three sureties, one being a public servant.

The third accused person who was a Chief Director at the ministry was also granted bail to the tune of $65 million or its cedi equivalent with three sureties.

The accused persons who were all present in court pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The case was subsequently adjourned to October 13.

Facts of case

According to the facts of the case by Attorney General, Godfred Dame, an executive order approving the construction of 5,000 affordable housing units, to be known as the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project was granted by then-President, John Dramani Mahama in August 2012.

The project which had parliamentary approval was funded by Credit Suisse and the housing units were to be sold to workers through mortgage arrangements provided by the then Ghana Home Loans Company. The contractor for the project is a Brazilian company, Construtora OAS Ltd.

In the facts presented to the court, the Ministry of Finance (borrower) and the lender signed a facility agreement on January 4, 2013, for the release of $200 million to fund the construction of the 5,000 housing units, the day on which the Housing Minister also signed the EPC agreement with Construtora OAS, represented by Clocanas, the fourth accused.

According to the Attorney General, the project was to be executed in four phases on 2,172 acres of land at a contract price of $200 million, including consultancy services.

An Escrow Management Agreement, a condition precedent to the release of the facility to the borrower, was also signed, pursuant to the facility and the EPC agreements, he said.

He further stated that on February 27, 2014, Mr. Dauda, without parliamentary approval, reviewed the EPC agreement and signed both the original and the revised (restated) agreement with Construtora OAS, represented by Clocanas. The revision allegedly changed the scope of works and the application of the $200 million approved by Parliament.

This new agreement required the contractor to execute the project in three phases over a site of 1,272 acres, while the $200 million was now to be applied towards the execution of only the first phase of the project, comprising just about 1,502 housing units.

This was contrary to the executive and parliamentary approvals, as well as the facility and Escrow Management agreements.

On December 21, 2016, according to the facts, the Chief Director, Yakubu, again reviewed the original and revised (restated) agreement and signed them (second and his revised or restated), without recourse to Parliament.

That led to a further reduction in the scope of works to 1,412 housing units at a revised price of $181 million and extended the completion period to July 31, 2017, the prosecutor alleged.

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