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 maintain
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