The Assin Central lawmaker, Hon Kennedy Ohene Agyepong has expressed joy over some perceived corrupt acts which have greeted Akufo Addo government in its first year in office.
According to him, his happiness is borne out of the fact that he has on several occasions warned against certain saboteurs planted in the various ministries by the Mahama administration to denigrate Akufo Addo’s government, but his warnings fell on deaf ears.
Speaking on Adom TV’s Badwam on Tuesday December 26, 2017, Hon. Agyepong averred he is happy to be vindicated as every prediction he made about the move to tarnish the name Akufo Addo is materializing; adding that the government now has the chance to correct all such wrongs by sacking the saboteurs holding certain key positions.
“I will start with Hawa Koomson’s ministry [Special Development Initiative]; I have always said certain people must be sacked from their position. How can you send someone who was appointed by Mahama to a new ministry to act as Chief Director? When you complain then you see some of own people due to tribal linings defending them and resisting any attempt to ship them out.”
“NPP is behaving as if they understand democracy more than the Queen of England....until we sack such people they will continue to create problems for us. Now, we have our own NPP people leading the opposition NDC to get position in the government. But I am happy it has happened earlier under the first year; we have the opportunity to change things in the next year,” he charged.
To him, it would not matter if President Akufo Addo becomes even one term President but is able to do what is right for the country. Hon. Kennedy Agyepong therefore urged Akufo Addo government to clamp down on individuals in certain public agencies working under the cover of darkness to sabotage the government, as that will pave way for development.
Stamp your Authority
Touching on the recent extortion claims by the Minority following the organisation of Ghana Expatriate Business Awards where some expatriate businessmen were allegedly levied between $25,000 and $100,000 to reserve seats at the event which had President Akufo-Addo in attendance, the maverick politician slammed the Ministry of Trade and Industry for their role in the saga.
He was however of the strong view that "the President didn’t know anything about this and you do this to disgrace him”.
“The President has worked hard to get to where he is today. Most of these things are at the blind side of Nana Akufo Addo. We have come together to build the nation; Nana Akufo Addo, put your feet on the ground and deal with the people who want to tag you with corruption”, he urged the President.
Meanwhile, Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has recalled Members of Parliament from recess to enable the House consider a motion filed by the Minority with regards to the alleged extortion of $100,000 from expatriate businessmen by the Trade Ministry during the awards ceremony held in Accra.
The lawmakers are expected to appear on the floor on Friday, 5 January 2018.
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Massa; whether you like Ken Agyepong on not ; the NPP government should be carefully and very vigilant ; they should take heed and note the comments made by Ken Agyepong ; this country is slowly returning to its old ways dominated by Pastors ; Politicians ;Public/Civil Servants ; the fact sad fact is that eventually poor Nana Addo will be painted with corruption and will be disgraced ; how can you appoint a Jon Mahama appointee to a such sensitive project initiative ; has the NPP no intelligence unit providing secret intelligence on public appointees ? the truth is that most of the Directors in the public and /civil service are planted NDC members who deliberately full these naïve ministers of hatching plans to still monies and put these monies in dormant accounts and then later on shared monies ;these public officers are master kriminals and will always mislead ministers if you fall into the trap -Hawa Kooson fell into the NDC trap -PERIOD !!!!! the case for Hawa Koomson was a clear and deliberate sabotage by elements of the NDC ; today Nana Addo is being perceived as being involved in this sitting arrangement corruption -WHAT A SHAME !!!!!!; NPP WAKE UP !!!!because NDC are playing a very toxic political game to smear Nana Addo; Nana Addo should sound the same note of WARNING to his ministers if you wish to make money go to the private sector !!!!!!;these pastors are even worse ; they are a cabal of manipulators and grand masters of fraud in our society today ; they encourage people to rely on prayers rather then use of the brains ; they have weakened our society of economic progress; we need raw hard work and honesty to progress forward IN Ghana ; we do not need prayers from these Churches ; Nana Addo should stop associating himself with these Charlatans ; there should a CRUSADE against these churches and particular this cabal of evil pastors including -Duncan-Williams ; Rev Tetteh; Memsah -Otabil ; Owusu -Bempah because all they is put fear in the Ghanaian -WHAT A SHAME !!!!!!!
Na l think say this guy in recent time get small sense for that en coconut head inside...not knowing he is still at his i.d..iotic best! You can't just fire anybody like that unless it's a political appointment and the chief director position is definitely not a political appointment. There are Labour laws to respect. He should get that into his head!