J A Plant Pool (GH) Limited (JAPP) and its Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, in a statement, have fired back, rejecting claims by the Attorney General that the company owes the Government of Ghana US$2 million under the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).
According to J A Plant Pool, they would challenge the legal action and defend themselves in court, adding that they categorically deny any indebtedness to the government.
The company says the contract sum approved by PPA and executed is $178,704,739.50.
It adds that it has delivered in strict accordance with the terms of the contract by delivering the machines.
They further deem the suit filed by the AG to be in bad faith and have, as a result, instructed their lawyers to defend the action.
They also accused the Attorney-General (AG) and Minister for Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine, of causing significant reputational harm to the company, the Jospong Group of Companies and their business partners through the publication of a lawsuit seeking to recover an alleged $2 million debt linked to the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).
In a statement issued on June 2, 2026, the company said, “JAPP and Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong categorically deny any indebtedness to the Government of Ghana or any of her agencies arising from the Contract dated 12th February 2024, executed pursuant to the DRIP program”.
“As the Attorney General knows, the Contract has since been fully performed with JA Plant Pool duly supplying all machines and equipment to the Government of Ghana. All payments required to be made under the Contract have been made in strict accordance with the terms of the Contract,” the statement added.
“JA Plant Pool and Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong consider the suit filed by the Attorney General to be in bad faith and have accordingly instructed their lawyers to challenge the suit and ensure its dismissal,” the statement said.
“JAPP and Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong urge the public to disregard the imputations of wrongdoing conveyed by the wide publication of the suit by the Attorney-General in the media,” the statement noted.
Meanwhile, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has sued Jospong CEO Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong and his company, J. A Plantpool Ghana Limited.
The suit stems from an alleged excess payment of $2 million under the NPP government’s District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).
In a post shared by Lawyer and journalist Joseph Ackah-Blay, he wrote, “The Attorney General has sued Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong and his J.A Plantpool company. The entire dispute revolves around $2m. The AG in court documents alleges that the Government in 2024 entered into an agreement with Plantpool for the supply of equipment under the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).
The contract sum payable to Plantpool was $178,704,739.50. Included in the executed contract was a schedule said to identify the equipment, unit cost and total cost (9 items in all).
The AG says even though the total row at the bottom of this schedule states the total cost column as $178,704,739.50, the actual correct figure if each of the items is added is $176,704,739.50. Ie a difference of $2m. The contract sum, the AG argues, corresponds to the wrong total at the bottom of the schedule and not the correct figure if one accurately adds the unit costs.
The AG alleges that despite this glaring error, the state has fully paid the overstated $178,704,739.50 to Plantpool. The AG says he has demanded a refund of the excess money and has not received the same; hence, he is in court asking that it order Dr Agyepong and Plantpool to return the excess money.
Of course, these are allegations at this stage”.
Also, Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, in 2025, revealed that the government has demanded a refund of $2 million from JA Plant Pool Ghana.
See the statement below:
