Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has been described as the "most corrupt politician" ever, in the annals of the country's political history, by a former Deputy Minister in the John Mahama-led NDC administration.
Why? Because he (Osafo Maafo) has allegedly managed to construct a building a few months after his appointment as Senior Minister.
Murtala Mohammed therefore wants him (Osafo) to tell Ghanaians how he managed to complete the said building which was at a foundation level for years.
“Go to Pillar two (Dome, a suburb in Accra), there is a building there and my understanding is that the building belongs to Mr Osafo Maafo; it was just foundation for over ten years. Mr Osafo Maafo didn’t even have a dime to buy blocks to raise it. Go and see that building today in less than a year.
"Mr Osafo Maafo should tell us where he got that money to do that…and let no one tell me that oh he had money. If he had money, is it not curious that he didn’t see the need to raise that building for almost ten years or more and he has suddenly raised that building from foundation to completion?” he quizzed.
Osafo Maafo’s Ministry an illegal entity
Parliament recently rejected the 2018 budgetary allocation of GHȻ6 million for the office of the Senior Minister for its planned programmes and policies.
The parliamentarians argued that the office was not a legal creation and therefore could not be allocated any funds from the national budget.
According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, an Executive Instrument (EI28) containing a list of ministries signed by President Nana Akufo-Addo and gazetted on 28th February, 2017 did not include the office of the Senior Minister as a ministry. Thus, he said, without any legal backing, the Ministry cannot be allocated funds.
Superfluous Portfolio?
The creation of the Senior Minister’s office has widely condemned by sections of the public who argue that it is a superfluous portfolio with no proper designation.
Apart from the Minority Leader, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is on record to have claimed that the office was unconstitutional.
According to Mr. Ayariga, the “nomination of any person to be vetted for the post of a ‘Senior Minister’ constitutes a constitutional aberration”, adding that “nowhere in the Constitution does the office of ‘Senior Minister’ exist.”
Aside the unconstitutionality of the office, Hon Murtala alluded to the issue of the Macmillan scandal which involved the printing of some books for Ghanaian schools supervised by Mr Osafo Maafo, when he was then Education Minister.
It is against this backdrop that the former MP and deputy minister levelled such allegations of corruption against the senior minister.
The former Deputy Trades Minister, who was speaking during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji programme, added: “I can’t see any corrupt politician than Osafo Maafo. Perhaps, within the NPP he may not be the most corrupt but I say that he is the most corrupt politician that I have ever seen…he has to explain to us how that building was completed only when he was appointed a senior minister…”
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Rawlings was breathing down the neck of Atta Mills to prosecute these NPP ***barred word***. Will the same Rawlings please stand up and tell Akufo Addo to prosecute those NPP corrupt officials that Atta Mills refused to prosecute?
Ghana is synonymous with corruption, and sadly, the people have accepted it as a culture. Hire a jobless Ghanaian and the same person will st eal your materials you use for your business and sell them. At the end of the month, a small delay in payment of salaries will suffice for industrial action championed by the very person who stole the materials.
A lot of complaits but nothing will come of it all politicians in Ghana are corrupt period.
I agree with you guys perfectly. Mr Osafo Marfo should not make the mistake of asking for a retraction and an apology. He should send this iidiiot to court like Hackman did Jojo Bruce Quansah and he will learn some sense like Jojo did.
It is all about dirty politics that NDC has opted to do, run down the repution of hardworking Ministers in Akufo Ado's Government to make it look bad like Mahama's, as much as to say after all Akufo Ado is no any better. This is bad and risky for NDC in the case Akufo Ado's Government perform and prove them wrong. In the eyes of the Ghanaian electorates, NDC will always look bad and dishonest.I think NDC is better adviced to speak to issues and offer better alternatives rather than being too adamant to rely on baseless corruption allegations and ill-founded perceptions. It Looks like just making too much noises out of empty vessels.
I agree. They should also find out from him about the houses between 37 military hospital and Ghana Water and how he acquired them
PLEASE SENIOR MINISTER, SUE THAT LOUD MOUTH MORON. THE DAYS OF LOOSE TALK AND DELIBERATE LIES TO TARNISH THE HARD WON REPUTATION OF SELF MADE MEN/WOMEN BY NONENTITIES LIKE THIS B-U-F-O-O-N SHOULD BE STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HITHERTO HAD NOT DONE A DAYS WORK IN THEIR WRETCHED LIVES. IF A STRONG AND CLEAR SIGNAL IS SENT TO THESE FUULLSS, THEY WILL START TO THINK BEFORE THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS,PERIOD.
Muntala MUST not be asked to retract and apologize by Osafo Marfo or his spokes person or the NPP communicators. Hon. Osafo Marfo the decision is only one; COURT. Failure to do this is enough for some of us to call you buy this statement of allegation. Remember same was plotted against Hon. Hackman Owusu Agyemang, until he took the case to court. WHO IS DISTURBING THE NATION?
From the way NDC is behaving, I strongly believe most of their ministers stole from the nation. They are trying so hard to paint NPP as corrupt, politics of equalization.
Initiathieves paaa.