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Justice would be served…Attorney General assures Mengold customer
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has assured customers of embattled Menzgold that justice would be served.
According to him, he is happy to state that after painstaking investigations, criminal prosecution has commenced against the perpetrators of the gold scam adding that at least by the Grace of God the victims would be served justice.
The Attorney General made the pledge when addressing the gathering at the 40th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, organised at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.
Recounting how the whole scam happened, Godfred Dame said, it started as an amorphous organisation operating a microfinance institution under the guise of gold trading, legally using the name of a bank.
He said it called itself Menzbanc and metamorphosed into other names before eventually changing to Menzgold.
As a result, he said they dealt in the purchase and deposit of gold collectables from the public and issued contracts with guaranteed returns to clients without a licence from relevant authorities.
The modus operandi of the company according to the AG, highlighted some of the major causes for the success of such fraudsters, ignorance, vulnerability and greed of the victims.
He went further to say that this vulnerability and ignorance of thousands of otherwise hard-working Ghanaians was the oxygen of the operation of the company as it is often witnessed in the cases of Ponzi schemes around the world.
Godfred Dame said people pay their life savings to the suspects in the case resulting in losses worth millions of dollars and in some cases loss of lives.
The misery and distress, according to him, caused many homes and nearly unleashed a social crisis as riots and demonstrations broke out on the streets of Accra and other parts of the country, adding that in reality, people lost their homes and some marriages broke up.
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has filed 39 counts of fresh criminal charges at the High Court against embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM 1.
This comes after more than 36 appearances without a trial over three years, 11 months by the accused person at the Circuit Court pending the Attorney-General’s advice.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
