It has emerged per documents available to Peacefmonline that the Mahama administration signed one of the precedent agreements with the United States granting them (USA) access into the country to camp its military forces, thus exposing the hypocrisy of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The document - detailing an agreement granting the US military access to use Ghana as a base for staging and deploying its forces among others - sparked public debate with its emergence in the media.
The Minority in Parliament vehemently opposed the deal, describing it as attempts by government to ‘sell out’ the country’s sovereignty to the US. They rejected the MoU laid before parliament last Tuesday recommending that the house ratifies the agreement.
But a one-sided Parliament on Friday night ratified the controversial defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US.
However, documents available to Peacefmonline, clearly suggests the previous administration sold Ghana out to the United States government in 2015 under the cover of darkness without recourse to Parliament for consideration and ratification.
A copy of the 2015 agreement signed between Hannah Tetteh on behalf of Ghana and James C. Vechery, Brigadier General of the U.S Air Force and Director of Logistics for the U.S Africa Command on behalf of the US government, and which has been kept away from even the Ghanaian Military, spelt out clearly that there will be the facilitation of a reciprocal logistic support between the parties to be used primarily during combined exercise, training, deployments, port calls, operations, or other cooperative efforts.
Peacefmonline.com has in its possession copies of a 1998 agreement signed by the Rawlings government with the USA; and also, an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement entered into by Ghana and the United States in 2015 signed by then Minister of Foreign Affairs under the ertswhile Mahama regime, Hannah Tetteh.
A quick read through both documents (the 1998/2015 agreements) show little discrepancy in the 2018 agreement ratified in Parliament and those signed under the NDC 1 and 3 regimes headed by ex-President Jerry John Rawlings and Hannah Tetteh, respectively on the blind side of Ghana.
Some similarities between the 2018 and the 1998 agreements are cited below:
In the 1998 agreement, it was provided that “US military personnel and civilian employees of the US Department of Defence who may be temporarily present in Ghana in connection with the Africa Crisis Response Initiative and other activities [should]…be accorded the status equivalent to that accorded to administrative and technical staff of the United States Embassy under the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations of 18th April 1961, and that they may enter and exit Ghana with United States identifications and with collective movement or individual travel orders.”
The 2018 agreement has a similar provision. It says in Article 3 Clause 1 that, “Ghana shall accord to military personnel and civilian personnel the privileges, exemptions, and immunities equivalent to those accorded to the administrative and technical staff of a diplomatic mission under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961.”
Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, held a press conference last Thursday to expose what he described as the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the NDC.
Attached below are copies of the agreements:
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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the fact that ndc sign a wrong a contract does it means npp should continue it at all cost. ohh we voted for a change ooo. our leaders we are begging you to change your mind and think about us who vote you into there. think about our children, our future and our tomorrow.
They can't understand the big English used oooh. You know them of their limitations in such areas. Their party NPP has sold the sovereignty of Ghana to the US but they see nothing wrong with it.
Oh the NPP uneducated folks are it again. They didn't read the document but accusing the NDC.
Which document is this guy saying some people did not read well or he does not understand it himself. Evil party NDC!
Sometimes I weep for mother Ghana for the crop of journalist we have. As a journalist, you can not take the pain by reading the so called 1998 and 2015 agreement, compare and contrast that with the famous 2018 agreement. Could it be that the journalist at peace doesn't understand the English language or partisan politics was the main motivator as at the time of publishing this info ?You claim documents available to peace FM show Ghana was sold to the Americans under NDC, God is watching us all. Stomach journalism?
NDC(Deceitful National Party) NDC in one statement
THE TROUBLE WITH OUR NOVEMBER DECEMBER CRIMINALS (NDC) FRIENDS IS NOT THAT THEY'RE ***barred word***; IT'S JUST THAT THEY KNOW SO MUCH THAT ISN'T SO.
Joe, you are to sensible and intelligent to deal with fo*ls. These ndc people think they are smart but they are the most idi*ts in their own world. They are now arguing that if the deal was bad, why should this government sign it. First of all,did ndc ever revealed any deal with the American marines to Ghanaians? Did their deal go to the cabinet and if yes why not sending it to parliament. Look ! These people think every Ghanaian is as dumb as their followers so can do whatever and the people follow them. Onyame atua ndcfuo ka, God will continue to expose them and make their party unattractive.People with wisdom do not rush on things, they take their time to watch,listen,scrutinize before they take a step, fo*ls do things in a hurry and make mistakes, fo*ls don't have the brains to investigate things well before they throw it out there and that is ndc, gyimie paaa if you want it go to ndc HQS and you find in abundance! You remember in 2010 they hurried to send the NPP to court and came out disgraced, that is the work of fo*ls, they are born fo*ls so nothing will change them. In any case, who told you people America want to set a base in shithole Ghana? They would have done that in Sierra Leone or Liberia not Ghana full of ***barred word*** around her beaches and bola ( filth) everywhere. Shithole people, who wouldn't like America to help train their soldiers? Why are you crying for the army like they don't know what they doing. Do you people mean to tell us the army are not privy to that?or because Hannah Tetteh and her mahama dud it in secrecy means everyone has that bad mind about Ghana?and the most annoying part is those who hate Ghana are the ones pretending Ghana is now in their minds, they behaving Ghana means a lot to them eeeh! You knew that and you went on ste*ling galore?, so you knew Ghana deserved better and you created, l0000ted and shared?hypocrisy in the highest magnitude. Ndc thought they were loading to let NPP carry but that one also has backfired. They have 1000× tactics to operate to see if Ghanaians will be st*pid to buy even one so they will run with it but things are hitting them bad, you think The Battle Is The Lord's is a joke?if someone sue you in the law court of God,it will be better if you are dead, nothing,absolutely nothing will work good for you. Ndc has no credibility before man and God,and it is hitting them proper. We serving a living God! Ndc established a radio station in Virginia U.S.A and hired a presenter to insult Nana Addo,morning ,afternoon, Evening and Night before and after the 2016 elections and now the guy is dead. The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Isreal) is still living and whosoever go to him with your case, genuine case he will never let you down. God is in control! He will intercede and fight on our behalf. When Nana Addo went to Isreal and held on to the wall and prayed ndc made mockery of him, you see your end is coming in a very shameful way? The Bible says you can mock the name of Jesus but whoever mock the Holy spirit will never be forgiving. Ndc your prophets who are not known by God will deceive you with victory sweet words but I tell you, the God of Isreal will never allow you. The insults to men of God and the elderly which even in opposition they still insulting, hahaha! It will be easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than ndc coming back to power.
@ funny you dont get it. The issue is if NDC signed such agreements themselves they have no justification chastising this govt for signing similar deals and pretending this has neever hapened before- that's the hypocrisy we are talking about.This is in no way justifying the pact/agreement.The best thing NDC could have done for this country was to admit to regretting signing such bad deals in the past, admonish the govt not to sign same and most importantly not walking out in parliament but staying to argue constructively and convincingly why the agreement shouldnt be ratified. That is a responsible opposition and believe me they would have scored massive political points but alas! the opportunity is gone.
I bet 100% percent of those insulting the NDC did not bother to read the documents put out here. The probably didn't read the article. They most likely relied on the headline. As for peacefmonline...the least said the better