This move follows a contentious letter from Mr. Bediatuo to Parliament, urging the legislative body to refrain from transmitting the Bill to President Akufo-Addo for his assent until legal matters related to the bill are resolved by the Supreme Court.

In his response letter dated Wednesday, April 10, Mr. Nsiah acknowledged receipt of Mr. Bediatuo’s letter dated March 18, 2024, and expressed his intention to adhere to constitutional procedures regarding the transmission of bills to the President for consideration.

“I await an indication in writing from your Office on when to present the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024 to His Excellency the President for his consideration, pursuant to article 106(7) of the Constitution, 1992,” Mr. Nsiah stated in his letter.

The controversy surrounding the transmission of the Bill intensified after the presidency’s letter to Parliament, prompting condemnation from various quarters. Parliament responded by suspending the vetting process for President Akufo-Addo’s newly nominated ministers.

Furthermore, it was revealed that the Attorney-General had advised the President against taking any action on the Bill until legal issues raised in pending lawsuits are addressed by the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, an Accra High Court has granted an application for the expedited hearing of a case filed by NDC MP Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, seeking to compel President Akufo-Addo to receive the Anti-LGBTQ bill from parliament.

This case demands several declarations over the President’s refusal to receive the bill, citing the pending legal matters.

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He has also categorically refuted allegations that, Torentco is his “baby” and that he is attempting to hand over TOR to another company for free.

These claims were recently published in The Herald Newspaper, which alleged that Nana Bediatuo Asante had been involved in protracted negotiations regarding the TOR State Facility.

In a swift response, Nana Bediatuo Asante’s lawyers have issued a stern rejoinder, dated November 28, addressed to Larry Dogbey, Managing Editor of The Herald Newspaper.

Bediatuo’s lawyers in the rejoinder said, “Our client does not have any dealings with the subject matter referred to supra, and the same cannot be said to be the baby of our client. Moreover, our client has not haggled with anyone for the said TOR Facility.”

The lawyers, upon instruction by Nana Bediatuo Asante, notified the Managing Editor of Herald Newspaper to desist from orchestrating false publications about their client.

“We are instructed to notify you to stop the deliberate orchestration of false publication about our client and to take steps to verify any information prior to publication in accordance with the ethics of the journalism profession and the standards of the Ghana Journalist Association” the statement added.

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Superintendent Asare had made the comment which was captured on tape their discussion in the office of Daniel Bugri Naabu.

Appearing before the Parliamentary committee on Monday and when he was asked if he passed the said comment based on what he heard others say about the President’s Secretary, or he had investigated and verified it before passing the comment, Superintendent Asare said he didn’t know the conversation would end in the public domain.

He told the committee that he was invited by Bugri Naabu to his Osu office in Accra and that he (Superintendent Asare) was not the one who initiated the said meeting.

He claimed that, he went to Bugri Naabu’s office on his invitation after the former NPP Northern Regional Chairman informed him that the government was scouting for a new IGP and asked him for recommendations.

He added that he made three recommendations to Bugri Naabu, including COP Alex Mensah and COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah.

“I went to Mr Naabu’s office on his invitation…after he told me that the government was looking for a new IGP and asked me for recommendations…I made three recommendations, including COP Alex Mensah, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah and Christian Tetteh Yuhuno,” Supt. Asare said.

He also revealed to the Parliamentary Committee that the said meeting which was recorded by Bugri Naabu took place on June 19, 2023.

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According to the lawyers, there is no iota of truth, adding that media practitioners both in Ghana and abroad have contacted the former to inform him about it.

These were contained in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Gary Nimako Marfo, the Managing Partner at Marfo and Associates.

The statement stressed neither Mr Bediatuo nor his wife has any interest in the facility.

To the lawyers, the spread of such rumours is deliberately intended to paint their client in a negative light “in view of the very senior position he holds in government.”

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Urging the public to disregard the rumours, it stated the owners are alive and can be contacted to establish the truth.

Read the statement below: