The Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI, Kofi Bentil, has said President Akufo-Addo did not specifically deal with nagging issues in the Ghana-US military co-operation agreement in his Thursday night address.
“I agree that honestly the President is within his rights to do these things. My initial problems still remains,” Mr Bentil said in a radio interview with Joy FM reacting to the President’s address.
According to him, usually when these things are done, you have things which takes care of what could happen to the populace.
“They will have all the indemnities… and I ask the question, what then happens to a Ghanaian whose wife and kids are run over by a US officer? That question needs to be answered because we’ve had cases like that with diplomats,” Mr Bentil said .
He explained that In other places, what they do is that, the government will issue some sort of statement saying that the Ghana government in a case like that will take up, they will bear the responsibilities, they will indemnify them, that has to be express, that has to be clarified and that has not been done.
“So indeed I am satisfied with aspects of this thing, but I still have a problem because I don’t think we have done a good enough job to totally close up this loop and I hope that it will be done in due course,” he added.
Source: Graphic.com
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What happens to an American embassy staff who runs his or her car over a local citizen? Mr Bentil,if you provide an answer for this, you would have answered the question that you posed. I have always maintained that the biggest threats to the Ghanaian society are it's intellectuals. They display absolute despicable hypocrisy.
Kofi, what happens to a Ghanaian soldier in another country on official assignment and runs his car over the citizen of that country? I thought you guys call yourself think tank. You should inform and educate rather than engaging in propaganda. You can simply answer that question by researching countries who have same agreement with the United States. I would prefer to debate you on this subject matter. You are fed up with people like who use so called think tank organization to up rubbish in the public domain.
WHAT IS BECOMING OF THESE MAN ???????????WHERE WILL THE USA MARINE RUN OVER A GHANAIAN DID YOU AK THAT WHEN YOUR PARTY ALLOWED THEM TO BASE IN GHANA WHEN EBOLA AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THE BOKOHARAM .WHERE IS YOUR INTELLECT??
kofi what happens to our own drivers who have been killing us on our roads? this question is too low for the caliber of your stature.
They f--UC-K1NG DIE. what happens when a car runs over you depending on the severity of the accident? And to Krogyin, to attack fellow contributors on this platform is the l0west you can go. The £20 million if for the enhancement of our military through training, equipment's and accoutrements and not shore up our over reliant foreign donor budget. When you next drive on the N1 motor way, remember it is from the hard earned tax payers of the American people. Lets stop being hypocritical Mr Bentil. America doesn't need to be in Ghana to eavesdrop, spy , monitor or take our so called sovereignty let alone "$teal" our oil using their submarines if Bernard Mornah is to be believed.
@krogyin....i can see your ügly face behind your PC.This needless propaganda wont wash ok..jys your wish to see this country in chaos just to score cheap political points.ndc will remain in opposition for 20yrs...naysayers,visionless,clueless mammals!!
When will the Ghanaian ever become decorous? We claim we are a religious people, but we are quick to insult people including their innocent mothers. Most of the people who insulted Mr Bentil on this platform will go to church on Sunday to sing halleluiah. God have mercy
All the comments here are from people of diminutive brains......probably as a result of hormonal imbalances.....the man has a point....Ghana for 20MILLION dollars is too cheap
ARE THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS JUST HERE TO RUN OVER OUR WIVES AND KIDS? WHAT KIND OF THINKING IS THIS? DO WE EVEN REASON AS A PEOPLE AT ALL?
am happy you said there has been cases like that, how was it deal with, this so call think tank...smh