Even before the Office of the Special Prosecutor, tasked by President Akufo-Addo to unravel the complicity of any past or present public official in the infamous Airbus scandal, Former Head of Communications at the Presidency during ex-President Mahama’s tenure, Stan Xoese Dogbe believes considering "Ghana did not lose any money" there is need for government to investigate the matter.
The aide to the former President, in a Facebook post, wants the Akufo-Addo government to rather probe his corruption-laden "family and cronies" appointees; their sordid enterprises which are "still fresh in the minds of Ghanaians".
"Ha ha ha!! Finally, the SP [Special Prosecutor] will have some work to do."
"But please, Mr. Akufo-Addo, given that Gov’t of Ghana did not lose any money in this Airbus matter, and yet you are willing to attempt some so-called investigation, just asking, why wont you rather investigate the nepotism-induced $24m tax waiver you gave to your in-law which will be at a cost to the tax payer?"
"The criminal PDS scandal involving your family and cronies is also still fresh in our minds ooo!" Stan Dogbe's post read.
Prez Charges Martin Amidu
Following news of the Crown Court at Southwark in the United Kingdom's judgement on 31st January, 2020, between the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and Airbus SE, in which the European multinational aerospace corporation was fined $3.9 billion for the payment of bribes to secure deals in five countries, including Ghana, the Office of the President charged the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to with immediate effect delve into the bottom of the Airbus bribery scandal and investigate the complicity of any public official, "past or present" who may have been involved in the saga.
"....President Akufo-Addo has taken notice of the judgement and its implications, and has referred it to the Office of Special Prosecutor to collaborate with its UK counterparts to conduct a prompt inquiry to determine the complicity or otherwise of any Ghanaian government official, past or present, involved in the said scandal, and to take the necessary legal action against any such official, as required by Ghanaian law," a statement signed by Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin read.
“Grave, Pervasive and Pernicious”
A London High Court found Airbus guilty, and imposed a fine of three billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties.
Airbus was charged with five counts of failing to prevent bribery, having used a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries to land high-value contracts.
Anti-corruption investigators, according to The Guardian, have described the court's decision as the largest ever corporate fine for bribery in the world. A judge declared the corruption was “grave, pervasive and pernicious.”
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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boss u chop the money some
Only a fiafito will make such a war-ped minded statement. Do you know how that graft which seems to have your main man’s hands FULL in it impacted the final cost of the planes and its obvious burden on the taxpayers? That’s even more loss than money since it’s both financial and emotional stress on us. So when people wallow in cor-ruption does it in turn affect their brains too. What CRAAAAAAAAAAP
ANOTHER USELESSS EDIOT, SO SUCH A THING WAS PART OF THAT USELESSSS GOVERNMENT CALLED NDC A BUNCH OF CR1MINAL GANGS THAT HAS ALWAYS TAKEN CORRUPTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, DO YOU REMEMBER MABAY AND JOHNSON? THIS WAS DONE BY THESE SAME NDC CR1MINALS
Stan Dogde thinks Airbus money is just for grabs. No such big company will pay bribe without passing the amount involved to the buyer. If this is the way it deals with third world countries it would have folded up long ago.
Almost all the really good citizens stay from our kind of politics, because of pea-brains like this Dogbe joker. Do you really think the Airbuses that dole out such bribes are Santa Clauses? If you do not know, get it in thick skull, that they pad the final cost of the item with the bribes they give out and the buyer, sad sops like GHANA, pay! To really think such a character was close to the center of power in Ghana make me utterly shattered. What others like him lurk in the corridors of power, and what damage are they doing to us? God help us! But we also need to help ourselves. What ever happened to those folks who took part of the Wuyome money? Unless and until such leeches are made to pay back and suffer punishment, these frauds will continue to walk around with impunity.
Inexperience and immaturity on display. Can Stan Dogbe tell us what the UK lost in all the transaction to go after airbus and slap them with such huge fines? If anything at all the UK would have rather gained in tax income from the transaction. Ghana might have lost cash due to bribery....the decision maker voted into that office by the good people of Ghana didn't seek the interest of Ghana but rather got influenced by a relative to accept what ever price and deal that was on offer for personal gains
Did he actually say it? I doubt it. How can such a person be a presidential staffer? He might be dreaming if he actually said that or he has fever.
So you think Ghana didn't lose anything? What about the shame that NDC has brought to Ghana? Can you put a name of Ghana's reputation? You have the guts to talk about this issue without apologising on behalf of your shame-ful party.. You're one of those who enjoyed the create, loot and share during JDM's rein. I now understand why he wants to come back, to cover his dirty tracks because he has so much skeletrns in his cupbaord.
Wow, what breed of human is this one? Really thought through his comments? Please go ahead to save the country and the SP time and money. Let everyone know the culprits and what exactly happened. The citizens would be able to locate these individuals, and beg for some of the 'booty'.
any person who promise to pay we the depositors money back to us after collapsing the Banks and saving and loans is the ONE WE GHANAIANS WILL VOTE FOR. WE NEED OUR LOCKED UP MONEY AND JOBS. THE ONE WHO PROMISED TO PAY US IS THE WE WILL VOTE FOR. WE ARE TIRED OF ALL THESE EVERYDAY NOISES