Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, a former Deputy Minister of Finance, and two others have been charged with defrauding the state out of €2.37 million in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances for the country between 2014 and 2016.
Dr. Forson, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ajumako Enyan Esiam for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, is in court with Sylvester Anemana, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Health, and Richard Jakpa, a businessman.
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The trio were dragged to the Accra High Court on Thursday (December 23, 2021) by the Attorney-General on five counts of wilfully causing financial loss to the state, abetment to wilfully cause financial loss to the state, contravention of the public procurement act and intentionally misapplying public property.
