The Akufo-Addo led government has been cautioned to be very careful of how they treat Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama and Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners (E&P).
Ibrahim Mahama has been on the receiving end of vicious attacks and intense criticism especially from members of the New Patriotic Party and the general public.
He recently caught heavy flak after his trucks were seized in the Ashanti Region.
Trucks belonging to Engineers and Planners (E&P) company of Ibrahim Mahama were confiscated by the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Atwima Mponua District Assebly and the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah because they claim their activities were illegal.
E&P were engaged by Exton Cubic Group Limited, a mining company to mine at their Nyinahini Bauxite Concession.
Contributing to a panel discussion on Radio Gold's 'Alhaji and Alhaji', Saturday, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper condemned the attack on Ibrahim Mahama.
According to him, former President John Dramani Mahama is not the only person in Ghana who has relatives doing business in Ghana as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has family members who are very serious businessmen; one of those is his brother Bomti.
“What is happening to Exton Cubic and Engineers and Planners demonstrate a certain lack of commitment to the private sector . . . Bomti has been doing business like Ibrahim Mahama; infact Ibrahim Mahama has been doing business for so many years before his brother came to power so does Bomti. All my life I have not heard anybody make any allegation against Bomti and his business practices; never. I have not heard anything. Bomti has been doing his business quietly. Nobody has raised a finger against Bomti. Today President Akufo Addo is the president of Ghana. Are we saying his brother’s business must collapse?" he questioned.
"So today if Bomti does any legitimate business with the Akufo-Addo government, is this how he will be treated when Akufo-Addo leaves office? What will happen to his relatives who are doing business and are likely to do business with his administration when he leaves office? Let us be exceedingly careful because what we sow today will germinate tomorrow and it will bear fruits. We should set principles and standards that will be applicable to Ibrahim Mahama, applicable to Bomti . . . applicable to future Presidents and their family members. We must operate on the basis of standards that are properly set; principles which we can uphold at all times. That is the way to go,” Kwesi Pratt advised.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Listen the Ppussy- mouth Kwesi Pratt! Were you not the one who told the world that exPez. Kuffour ' s son at age of 42 years has bought a hotel? Fffffooooooolih man ! Away with your "NKWAN D33WA"!
Kwesi Platt this is very unfair to Mr Bonti, u intentionally brought this man knowing this Ibrahim guy's problem way different from Mr Bonti. This equalization is very weird. U were the first guy to tell the whole world Presisent Kuffour's son had bought a hotel in Ghana through a loan which was conflict of interest. U strangely don't see anything wrong with a brother of the President buying 58% of a whole bauxite deposit in Ghana without any commitment, atleast china is paying $15bn in commitment of such deal even that one u have a problem with it but this one the guy is not even paying anything just taking control of it and end up being middle man. Is this the Nkrumahlist u want us to follow? In anycase no one has prevented Ibrahim, the minister is simply saying the timing is wrong due th the ban on Galamsey. Asem oo Kwesi Pratt.
i blame peacefm editor for giving Pratt such prominence. Pratt is nothing but an eddddiott with a microphone. He is a fuuuuuuuuuuuul. I capital letters, bold and underlined.
Kwesi pratt, it is high time you kept quiet. Your opinions are not in tune with the popular sense of justice and the outrage we all feel. Are you saying that Mahama's misconduct should be treated with favor because Nana's relatives might find themselveles at the mercy of a (improbable) Future Mahama/NDC government? Are you saying that people who chop our money because they are connected to powerful people should be treated special so that there will be no tit-for-tat when the tables are turned. Kwesi Pratt - w3 gymmi paaaaaaaa.
Kwesui Pratt is a charlaton and a pharisee; a hypocrite and a master thiff and a corrupt man backing the wrong species call Ibrahim Mahama and family ; the fact is that there is FOOOKOOOOO !!!!!!Ibrahim Mahama and his family business E&P and Exton Cubic Group can do ; because this is politics besides it is up to the E&P to sue Exton Cubic Group because E&P has no contract with the government departments which issued these liences ; the funny thing is that both entities belong to the Mahama families and Ibrahim Mahama thinks Ghanaians are so ***barred word*** they cannot read between the lines ; Nana Addos's brother is in business but is not involved in non payment of custom duties and other taxes neither is nana Addo brother involved in serious cocaine dealings ; Ibrahim Mahama is involved in serious cocaine delings ; we need genuine business men not cocaine dealers and business fraudesters like Ibrahim Mahama ; people claim he is successful business man and employs people but at what price because stilling ; forgery and corruption will not help this Mahama family .
nobody is preventing Ibrahim to do business in this country, what Ghanaians are asking is the right documents to do the said business, is Ibrahim and so what, is he above any other Ghanaian.Mr Pratt never ceases to amaze me with his inconsistencies, we saw how you single handily carried HOTEL WAAWAA on your shoulders, granted interviews and jumped from one radio station to the other, what has changed uncle kwasi,Ibrahim only needs to acquire the necessary documents for his business FINIITO,
Eiiiii Bra Kwasi hypocrite,today listen what you are saying,bcos its about Mahama. But when it was Kuffour it was very bad.You pretend to love Ghana but you are not, u rather thinking of your stomach.
Kwasi Pratt w1se-up. The gov't is NOT dealing with Ibrahim nor his company E&P. The gov't is dealing with Exton Cubic Group, so if Exton Group is not Ibrahim's company, why then do you bring his name and company into this.E&P equipment was hired, and has nothing to do with Exton Group, unless he has shares in it or belong to a family member. All we have been hearing is that Exton Group doesn't belong to Ibrahim.If the gov't is dealing with Exton Group, let the two fight each other. Kwasi, you are not the only learned person on the planet, so sometimes ' twe brake kakra', or you lose our credibility.
I don't think it is merely an issue of Ibrahim being the brother of the ex-President or not. The fact is whether he conducted his business well and devoid of any political affiliation or otherwise. Anybody transacting business in a high profile sense today, must be mindful of these things. Tomorrow the tide could be different and you would be called to render accounts appropriately. I sympathize a lot with Mr Ibrahim Mahama since many are not rationalizing and any flak is thrown at him because of his relational ties with the ex-President.
What did you not do to Hotel Wahwah, take your camera to where Ibrahim trucks are parked