A deputy Director of Communications of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) has dared the Mahama-led government to immediately arrest
the flagbeaerer of the party, if indeed they have evidence that Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo is guilty in the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) drill
ship saga.Anthony Abayifa Karbo, responding to remarks by the Minister
of Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah indicating that Nana Akufo-Addo
failed to defend the country over the drill ship saga a decade ago, could not
fathom why the NDC was concentrating on Nana Addo’s role in the drill ship saga
when their own members have been indicted in various corruption
scandals.
“This minister and his cohorts claim that Akufo-Addo is
complicit in the matter. These people have been in power for 8 years and have
never been able to invite and question Akufo Addo to hear his side of the
story.
“Now let’s grant that the judgment debt commission is right. Get
the police to invite Akufo Addo and arrest him but they (NDC) cannot because
they have no legs to stand on because of their corrupt activities” he
stressed.
Speaking at the Meet the Press session in Accra on Monday, Dr.
Omane Boamah accused Akufo-Addo of not defending the state hence the sale of the
drill ship.
“Talking about judgment debt, Nana’s failure to defend
Ghana’s interest in the case of the Ghana National Petroleum Drillship’s matter
Discovery 511 also has serious implications and brings into sharp focus his
personal lack of commitment, dexterity and competence to pursue the interest of
the state and the tax payer. And this is why we have maintained that it serves
no fruitful purpose if we play political football with judgment
debt.”
Dr. Omane Boamah at the event touted President John Mahama’s
achievements in fighting corruption and preventing further judgment debt
payments in Ghana.
A leaked draft Judgement Debt Commission report in 2015,
accused Nana Addo of causing financial loss to the state in the sale of the GNPC
drill ship.
The ship was sold by the Kufuor administration to defray a
19.5 million dollar judgment debt owed Societe-General Bank in 2001, when Nana
Akufo-Addo was the Attorney General.
The report further stated that Nana
Addo’s failure to effectively defend the state led to the judgment
debt.
But Mr Karbo who is also the Parliamentary Candidate for Lawra
constituency believes the NDC attempts to tarnish the image of Nana Addo with
the scandal should be backed by evidence if they are serious about tagging him
as a corrupt person.
“The NDC has no evidence to back their shallow
claims against Nana Addo. But in their camp, there is so much evidence to back
their corrupt practices. I can tell you that not even a guinea fowl has been
cited for corruption in the NPP” he maintained. |
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