The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Adansi Asokwa has snubbed president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after being sidelined in the elephant-size ministerial appointments.
The outspoken lawmaker has rejected a board chairmanship offer from the president because he feels he is gone past such post, having served as a deputy energy minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration.
Starrfmonline.com can confirm Mr. Hammond was offered the position of board chairman of Ghana Gas, but turned it down when the Chief of Staff broached the news to him. Inside sources within the corridors of power have confirmed there is a frosty relationship between President Akufo-Addo and the vociferous legislator.
Mr. Hammond, according to Starrfmonline.com sources at the presidency, said he rejected the Ghana Gas board chairman offer because he qualifies to be a sector Minister and accepting the position means he will be accountable to “even a deputy minister.”
K.T Hammond was at the frontline hitting the John Mahama government on issues about energy, hoping he will secure the Energy Minister portfolio when the NPP came to power only for it to be given to Mr. Boakye Agyarko.
“He’s not a happy man,” his close associate told Starrfmonline.com.
Starrfmonline.com understands Mr. Hammond was scheduled to be at the ceremony where President Akufo-Addo turned on the valves on the FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor to signal the formal production of oil in commercial quantities from the Sankofa oil and gas fields but failed to honour the invitation.
Starrfmonline.com can also confirm that in a bid to assuage the pain of Mr. Hammond, his colleagues in Parliament gave him the first choice to choose to become the chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee but he repudiated that too.
Mr. Hammond said he will speak about the issue at the appropriate time.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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A big ***barred word***
Media are you SURE. God is tired of your lies. No wonder Ghana after all the 31st Dec all night is still struggling. Atrooo ni kronoo kum Ghana.
So these small small boys/girls who parade themselves as journalists or whatever you people you don't fear God. Don't you people know that there is a day of accountable before Almighty God one day? Always creating confusion and enmity among people with your fasle reportage and hiding behind so called our "sources" to tell lies. I don't blame you people but l blame the politicians who don't punish you people by dragging you to court to prove noise***barred word*** you write about them
is he person who defended the party. there are lots of people who stood for the party in times of need and even channeled their resources but are not interested in positions. some of these people have amassed enough resources in the past through politics but still bend on getting more. where was he when Agyarko was running all the commentaries. being a board member of such an institution is big enough, much more it's chairperson. we are tired of these greedy people. they can go ahead and destroy the party. we are all watching. some of these people are telling us they are there for their selfish interest rather than the people who are living in abject poverty.
Please place the NPP party first. Arrange to meet Nana Addo and channel your grievances to him than coming public to speak. Party members should think of how NPP members had suffered before coming to power. KT should have accepted the position and rather lobby for the position. Mr. President, my word of advice is that you should please find time to cool tempers down. Please don't give the impression that you are destroying the party. Find time to meet the aggrieve persons before their utterances destroy the party.
Always according to sources, everyday according to sources abaaaa Starrfm . Why does some media houses always want to create problem for politicians, what do they get out of dismantling relationships of politicians ? leave Hon. Hammond and Nana Npp alone and found some this fruitful doing .
VERY SURE THE MINISTRIAL CAKE IS FOR K.T HAMMOND ALONE, HAS HE HAD HIS FAIR SHARE AND OF COURSE THE ANSWER IS YES,I DON'T BELIEVE THIS STORY BECAUSE MR HAMMOND LOVES HIS COUNTRY AND WOULD WISH TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY, GHANAIAN MEDIA AND THEIR LIES ALWAYS QUICK TO PRE-EMPT,WAS IT NOT THE SAME STORY WE READ ABOUT NANA AKOMEA AND STC BOSS. FAKE STORY FROM THE FAKE SOURCE.
good move mr. hammond, Even adwoa sarfo is a minister, someone with no experience.
Overblown ego. Even ministers are reporting to their special assistants. Many of us qualify for the highest positions but we have not even been spoken to yet. Having been a deputy minister previously is no qualification for ministerial in the next government. Self conceit engenders downfall.