Both the UK High Commission and Canadian Embassy in Ghana have denied issuing any new travel or terror alerts warning their citizens against travelling to Ghana over looming terrorist attacks, Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah has told Class91.3FM.
There were media reports on Thursday that the Canadian and the UK governments had issued the alerts through their mission in Accra.
But Mr Kan-Dapaah told Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) host Moro Awudu on Friday, 4 August 2017 that: “This is only a travel advice that the western countries have been known to issue to their citizens. The one that is on the website today that has caused all this panic is not something that was planted yesterday or this week, certainly not this month, or this year; it’s been there for years. The same advice word for word, so I don’t really know what has changed.”
He continued: “Indeed, one of them simply says that: ‘Ghana has not experienced any terrorist attack in the past but there have been terrorist attacks in some neighbouring countries, and, therefore, it is possible that there can be an attack in Ghana’. This is the advice and I don’t really find anything alarming in that sort of advice, especially when it is not a new one but has been there for a number of years. So, I don’t see why we should be panicking about this.”
Mr Kan-Dapaah said both the UK High Commission and the Canadian Embassy, have expressed shock at the local media reports.
He told Moro Awudu: “I want to affirm that there is no known terrorist threat to this country. If there was any such known terrorist threat made known to our partners, we have a very good partnership with the United States, we have very good partnership with UK and with France. If there was any such thing, I will be the first person to be informed.
“I have not been informed of any such thing. On the contrary, I did talk to the acting British High Commissioner yesterday, he was shocked, he was surprised and he didn’t know why this should become a cause for panic in our country. I talked to the person in charge of security at the Canadian Embassy, she also was surprised, and, in fact, if I can quote her, she called it ‘media mischief’, so please there is nothing like that, there is no known threat.”
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But is it not curious and worrying that Ablakwa was chosen by NDC as their Ranking Member on foreign affairs? Clearly you know this is a deficient deplorable lot. Everything in me is so incompatible that if it's a blood, it'll definitely clot when given me.
See that pompous cocroach so called minister saying there is no imminent threat. It's only a foold if when told his hair is on fire, will turn around and ask which part of his hair is on fire before taking action to douse the flame. To be forewarned is to be forearmed
Typical NDC alarmist propaganda. Ablakwa, Kwesi Pratt or all those NDC apologist must be hauled before the courts on charges of causing FEAR AND PANIC. The NDC, having failed to convenience the Ghanaian populace that the new NPP government is failing, has now embarked on a strategy to alarm the populace or dare I say, they even have a more diabolic plan of encouraging Wahhabis to target Ghana with their fundamentalist Islamic ***barred word*** that is creating mayhem all over the Islamic world. NDC in the search for power will stop at nothing, even if it means destroying Ghana.
So where did the Hon. Ablakwa get his information from. Politicians must learn to think of the welfare of this nation first before their political parties. They should know that the people of Ghana are beginning to loose confidence in them. How can you even think of doing politics with the peace of this Nation simply because the ruling party did same when they were in opposition? Two wrongs don't make a right. Granted that the information he brought to public domain is true, was that the best way and appropriate platform handle such issues? Mr. Ablakwa, My humble advice to you is, No one knows tomorrow, you may be running for presidency one day and Ghanaians would be judging u critically. So be careful.
why are you surprised. it is the work of the devilishhh NDC to deter foreign investors so that this government will not succeed in any good policies laid down to revive the dying country but inshalla they won't succeed. long live Ghana
ABLAKWA, ABLAKWA, ABLAKWA!How many times did i called you? Kponyeloooooooooooooooooo Hmmm
One of the baby's with sharp teeth (Okudjeto Ablakwa) started all this hullabaloo..to cover their failed and unprecedented wranglings in their party (NDC) but it won't stand! They have lost their voice's in Ghana, and they are doing everything possible to stay relevant until Ghanaians decide to vote for them again come 2050. Any #Evil against this country won't stand and NDC will fail. Is Okudjeto Ablakwa a security expert or analyst..?? BNI should invite him to disclose his source of intelligence...They (Some NDC Officials) should be in Nsawam by now..Tweeaaaa
Mr. Minister, kindly summon the MP for North Tongu to come and explain how came by this alert. As the Speaker said Parliament is not like Makola market.Some MPs are opening their mouths too wide and churning out thrash to the General Public