A former lawmaker in Ghana, together with three sitting MPs, have been cited in separate alleged visa offences by the UK government.
A "confidential letter" signed by the British High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye accused the MPs of "Visa fraud".
The four: Richard Acheampong, MP for Bia East in the Western Region; Joseph Benhazin Dahah, MP for Asutifi North (Ntotroso) in the Brong Ahafo Region; Johnson Kwaku Adu, MP for Ahafo Ano South West in the Ashanti Region; and George Boakye, a former MP for Asunafo South are facing a 10-year visa ban due to the visa fraud.
During Friday’s edition of ‘Kokrokoo’ hosted by Kwami Sefa-Kayi, Kojo Adu-Asare, a former Member of Parliament for Adentan constituency and National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) spoke to the issue.
Kojo Adu Asare
According to the former legislator, Ghanaians are fed up with Jon Benjamin’s involvement in ‘every’ issue that goes on in the country.
He does not understand why the UK High Commissioner is ‘poking his nose’ into every issue when other foreigners are helping villages and other deprived areas with boreholes and other aids.
“We are tired of him; if he is not speaking against journalist then it is a politician. We are fed up with him. It is becoming one too many. We’ve seen too much of his involvement in local issues. What is my use if as a public office holder I am not able to get facilitate visa acquisition for a relative?”
Sammy Awuku
The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party believes the situation could have been managed in a different and better way.
According to him, it could have been discussed and solved behind closed doors.
“He (Jon Benjamin) overstretches issues beyond diplomacy and it is worrying…having diplomatic immunity does not mean you should abuse it…he speaks to every issue, everything and sometimes it is worrying. This kind of humiliation is becoming one too many from the commissioner… It is however a big lesson for people in public offices” he said.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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If you didn't go begging them for visa will HE INSULT and SHAME you? Ghanaians are cheeeeeep!!! Especially Ghanaian politicians. We shall she how they will go to UK from today.
And tomorrow, these same public officials will go to beg for UK visa for holidays. Stuuuuuupid Ghanaian politicians!!!
Those who are criticising Jon Benjamin (the best thing that ever happened to Ghana after British Colonial Rule)are the very same people who get on the aeroplane for "holidays" in United Kingdom. Are they really sure they shall never vist the UK?. We must be careful how we hit the UK government and its officials for they are our Grand parents and they knoe Ghanaians better that we know ourselves. If a few Ghanaians members of Parliament would place impediments in the way of other Ghanaians they must be barred from their own offices. They are hypocritess. The system we have in Ghana is mainly British and American so let us show respect to our fromerColonial masters.
Forking F0ols and hangers-on like Adu-Asare and his likes should give us a break from their st0pid.ity.
Forking ***barred word*** and hangers-on like Adu-Asare and his likes should give us a break from their st0pid.ity.
You see how st00pid our politicians can be. If you allow a foreigner to poke his nose into government affairs and because you are in opposition you think he is right, wait till you are in power. Is it not this same man who was praised by the ruling government when he was making fun of Dumelo? If you ever stayed with a whiteman, you will realise you dont give them room to rule you. Since their birth they have been trained in such a way that they think every blackman is inferior and their slave for that matter. Can he do that in say Russia or China? and that is the main reason why they do not like them(Russia and China). in fact to say the least that benjamin man is so disgusting.Our leaders have giving him too much room to operate. For those MPs, the least said about them the better. ***barred word*** nation wreckers. If they is an allegation of corruption, they best you can do is Shallow investigation and leave so many unanswered questions and ask people who allege corruption to apologise. The world is watching. HMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Greedy public officials!!! Adu Asare always spewing rot, mtchew!
Could some body give Ghanaians who are against Jon some free education the implication of what the MPs did? it is a disgrace. Wait for what USA is going to uncover soon. Shame on you greedy MPS
public officers do the right thing.do not use your positions for visas. Mr. Benjamin more fire.
Stamp on my Ghanaian Passport instead don't mean you didn't use a D/P. It is records of names not Stamps on passport. Using the name of Ghana office for personal gains