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Justice Aboagye Tandoh cannot solely and unilaterally adopt the proceedings of now-retired Justice Clemence Honyenuga’s court without conferring with all the parties involved in the GHS217-million financial loss case, as such procedure goes contrary to common law precedence, Mr Samuel Codjoe, lead counsel for Dr Stephen Opuni (the first accused person) has argued.

On 6th October 2023, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held a press conference in Accra after a two-week review of Ghana’s $3 billion IMF programme that was initiated in May with a $600 million down payment from the Fund. Present at the conference was a chastened finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who had had to swallow his pride and request aid after invoking the Bible to swear that Ghana would never go to the Fund because “we are a proud nation.”