The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has condemned the Trade Ministry for allegedly taking money from expatriate businessmen before allowing them sit closer to President Akufo-Addo at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards.
The Trade Ministry has conceded that, some expatriate businesses paid undisclosed amount of money to sit close to President Akufo-Addo.
The Member of Parliament for Asawase, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak was the first to blow the whistle on what he viewed as illegal charges imposed on businesses by the trade ministry.
According to Alhaji Mubarak, the Trade Ministry allegedly collected US$ 100,000 from participants at the awards held on December 8, 2017 at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra.
The Minority Chief whip, referring to a letter dated October 23, 2017 and signed by the deputy Minister for Trade and Industry Carlos Ahenkora asked business executives who would want to sit closer to the president to pay in excess of US$ 100,000.
But in a rebuttal, the trade ministry in a statement accused the MP of peddling falsehood and playing politics.
“The Ministry of Trade and Industry has learnt with disdain the baseless allegations flying in the media (including social media platforms) that the Ministry charged expatriates between 25,000 and 100,000 dollars to offer them seats close to the President at the recently held Ghana Expatriate Business Awards (GEBA).
But speaking on Adom TV’s Morning Show “Badwam” Tuesday, the outspoken MP described the allegations as a disgrace to Ghana’s democracy.
He said it is even unacceptable for the President and the Ministers to accept donations and gifts from expatriates to protect their businesses.
He rather accused some elements in the New Patriotic Party who did little to improve the fortunes of the party to bring down Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, a move he says he will not allow.
“Some people in the NPP are really working hard to bring this government down. You people have really disgraced President Akufo-Addo. How can you charge such huge amount of monies from expatriate businesses? It’s indeed a shame to us. I will never support such disgrace acts.
He added:  “Nana Addo is not asking anyone for $100k and so they should stop disgracing him and allow the man to work for Ghana,” he said.
Mr. Kennedy Agyapong however charged the Trade Ministry to immediately refund money allegedly collected from businessmen.
“They should refund their monies to them. I will make sure they do because it’s very bad. I know Duncan William’s wife is a lobbyist who has direct contact with these business men and I think she can even help instead taking huge monies from them,” he said.
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Source: Adomonline.com/Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy




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3 COMMENTS

  1. thank you,Mr Kennedy Agyepong…people like you must live long to always have the back of Ghana…for you are a GHANAIAN,but not one of the ‘stomach’ politicians. some of our NPP folks are just like characters in ‘ANIMAL FARM’ novel or movie and are really letting us down…Mr President,please, is your fight against corruption on course?? haven’t you seen what is going on in your own house(NPP)??then how do you intend fighting corruption when it has been rampant, between this short period of your governance, amongst your own people and NOTHING has been done about them??

  2. Pls Hon Kennedy Agyepong should help us. I have applied for common ECG separate meter 6 months now at the Botiano station but the story always is ‘no metres’, why Ghana? In fact the information is that you have to pay Ghc1000 before you can get the metre. I was made to pay Ghc500 when the actual cost is less than Ghs100. ECG and bribe,hmm? The system is becoming bribe bribe bribe, why? Hon should talk some for us. Botiano ECG station.

  3. Omanhene pls always let this 2 men come that Alhaji is too soft for Kennedy… This one knows how to talk just like Kennedy and makes the program nice

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