State Attorney and Minister for Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame has touted his achievement of successfully safeguarding the already strained national kitty from billions of dollars that would have otherwise been paid as judgment debts.

The young Attorney General, proud of his achievements, averred this feat when his was phoned into a radio interview to respond to claims by former Minister for Power and Member of Parliament for Pru East Kwabena Donkor, over the recent $111m judgement debt awarded against the government of Ghana.

In February 18, 2018, the government of Ghana terminated a power purchase deal with Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC) which resulted in some $134 million award a UK tribunal found on January 26, 2021, against Ghana.

An Additional $111 million has been awarded against Ghana after GPGC filed a lawsuit on January 19, 2024, in the U.S. District Court, claiming recovery of the mounting interest on principal debt under the Federal Arbitration Act's Chapter 2 and the New York Convention.

But Kwabena Donkor, the former Power Minister who supervised the signing of the contract with in 2015 when the country was battling a cringing power crisis was quickly heaped blame on the current Attorney General when he was interviewed on Accra-based Joy FM.

Mr Donkor questioned and blamed the Attorney General and Energy Ministry for defaulting on the payment of the initial debt.

In his defence, Mr Dame rebuffed the claim arguing that he was not the Attorney General when the judgement debt was was awarded.

Indeed in January 2021, Mr Dame was not public officer nor an appointed state attorney as the country had just come out from the 2020 general election.

He added that after the arbitration was concluded, the payment obligation was the solely responsibility of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Energy.

It the failure of the government of Ghana to pay this judgement entered in 2021 which has lead to the repeated applications in various by GPGC. The government of indeed made some payment but the explanation of the default does not lie with the Attorney General but Finance ministry and Energy Ministry.

Mr Dame went on to tout his works maintaining a clean slate when it come judgement.

"The records will show that in my tenure as AG there's not been a single judgement debt against Ghana and claims were in billions of dollars." he added