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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has in a query letter asked the Trade Minister, Mr Alan Kyerematen to explain circumstances that led to financial demands from the expatriate business community who took part In a recent awards ceremony.
Information available to Graphic Online indicates the President is livid over the issue and is demanding immediate answers.
Mr Eugene Arhin, Communications Director at the Presidency who confirmed this to Graphic Online's Mabel Aku Banaseh said a query letter from the President to the Trade Minister asking for responses has since been sent.
He said the letter was directed through the Chief of Staff.
Trade Minister, Allan Kyerematen was yet to respond to the resident's query at time of filing this report.
On Monday the Minority Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa alleged extortion of between $25000 and $100,000 from expatriate businesses to determine how close to the president they sit at an awards ceremony for expatriate businesses.
Source: Daily Graphic
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do you read at all. He NDC man have that company that took the money from the people not any NPP person. But I blame my npp people for this. Ken has been telling you people not to deal with this people call NDC you see now that their own big man took money from people and they turn around to say is NPP ..
These evil guys will never stop the uneccessary hatred for Alan Kyeremanten. They planned to set him up to disgrace him just as they did to Kwabena Agyapong and Afoko... But hey, once a John always a John. John Alan K is blessed and this evil agaisnt him will not prevail
Eugene Arhin is a such a novice of a communicator. Why make this sound as if the trade ministry has done some wrong which the president is distancing himself from? He will cause problems for the jubilee house if he maintains his portfolio. What happened is a regular occurrence in advanced countries to raise money. What I abhor is the ***barred word*** behavior of Carlos Ahenkorah. He must be brought to book.
Nana addo has become weak....i dont see any actions from him.i am highly disappointed....we voted for change but what he is doing now is not encouraging...he can't fight corruption!!!
@THEO I AGREE WITH MOST OF YOUR CLAIMS. IN PARTICULAR YOU WERE NEUTRAL IN MANY RESPECTS. MY WISH IS WE AS A SOCIETY WILL RISE AGAINST THIS CANKER AS IT IS AFFECTING OUR SURVIVAL. THERE ARE SHORTAGES IN MEDICINES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR A REASON. OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT GAINING ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR A REASON. OUR MOTHERS AND WIFES ARE GIVING BIRTH ON THE FLOOR OF OUR MAIN HOSPITALS FOR A REASON. WE PAY TO BE SLAVES FOR A REASON. WE ARE DISRESPECTED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FOR A REASON. THE LIST GOES ON. ALL THESE ADVERSITIES ARE NOT RESERVED FOR THE FOLLOWERS OF A PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTY BUT FOR ALL OF US HOME OR ABROAD. FOR THE POLITICIANS THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVES.
The practise of charging companies and organizations for specific seats at events is done in many countries around the world to raise funds for organizations. Some charge get proceeds others do not. For the seating arrangements, they will have diamond, gold and other categories depending on how close you sit to the high table. Anybody who is involved with organizing fund raisers knows this. Apparently, the ministry of trade collaborated with another organization to organize this event so the ministry does not pay for the cost of the event. What is corrupt about this? We can use these creative ways to raise funds for free SHS and other educational projects. It is done even in the most advanced countries.Of course some of our people are not enlightened enough and unfortunately Nana Addo always wants to please people so he will make a big fuss about this. This populism will destroy Akuffo Addo Govt.
Massa; who told thee there is anything wrong with this $100k charges on foreign investors to sit near Nana Addo by his agents in government besides this did not starty today ; Alam kremanten knows about the racket ; Jon Mahama and the NDC were charging Ghanaians to sit near Jon Mahama ; Massa don't be a naive goat !!!;who does not know all these creative corruption amongst politicians ; Nana Addo knows about this racket but will tell you it has nothing to do with him ; do you think Nana Addo is different a politician from Jon Mahama because the common denominator amongst politicians is that they all POLITICIANS ; KROOKS AND STILLERS !!!!; just take the state protocol list of state invitees today ; they are all full of kriminal businessmen ; pastors; prophets including ;Owusu Bempah ; Rev Tetteh; Rev Ashante; Duncan -Williuams and other opastors ; do you think they go to these functions free ; you must be JOKING ; they all pay to get into these state functions; state functions should be about the ordinary Ghanaian working hard ; the Nurse ; Doctor ; the Road Sweeper ; the fish monger and not these so called pastors and rogur prophers ; WHY HAS GHANA ALLOWED THESE ROGUE PASTORS TO CHANGE OUR MINDSET TODAY ?besides the Ghanaian mindset have changed to the art of criminality which does not add to productivity or our GDP ; the Ghanaian is lazy in his own land and therefore resort to creative stealing to survive and politicians including Nana Addo are the WORSE; Nana Addo econnomic thinking of entrpreneurship is WRONG because the private sector will only go to certain parts of the economy and neglect others !!!!!; Nana Addo should not mix the entrepreneurship practised in the US and the economic startegies pursued in China they are not the same; somebody tell Nana Addo because all what is haoppening is that he is breeding corruption in the system
IN FACT SOMEBODY MUST PROVIDE ANSWERS TO THIS. HEADS MUST ROLE, PERIOD!!!! ABAI AB3N AS3M A NA SIKA GYEGYE BREBEEBE IN NPP AAH. GOSH..WHAT PARTY KORAA BE THIS. AKUFFO - ADDO ARE U SLEEPING OR U R TIRED. WHATS THAT..AS FOR OKUDZETO & HIS NDC THE LEAST SAID ABOUT THEM THE BETTER. SMH... YABR3 MO MPO.
IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT BY THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT KNOWING ABOUT THIS OR NOT IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE ACTION PROCEEDING THE FACT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. MIND YOU POLITICIANS DO NOT WIN ELECTIONS BUT THEY LOSE ELECTIONS
SMH. i REST MY CASE. I HOPE ALLAN kYEREMATEND IS NOT BEHIND THIS.