The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that the Akufo-Addo government is spying on officials of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“The government of Ghana, as a matter of policy and practice, does not bug the offices or homes of political parties and their leadership. Indeed, it is not the policy or practice of the government to illegally interfere with the privacy or communication of persons or organisations in Ghana,” Mr Nkrumah said at a press briefing on Thursday, 28 February 2019.
The NDC had accused the government of “shameful state-sponsored espionage”.
“… The NDC is fully aware of evil and wicked plots by certain elements within National Security and government to spy on meetings of its officials, record and, in turn, doctor such recordings for their spiteful ends,” National Communication Officer of the NDC, Mr Sammy Gyamfi, stated on Wednesday, 27 February 2019 in the wake of a leaked audiotape which contains a voice that resembles that of NDC Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo inciting party communicators at a meeting to wage a “relentless war” against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission.
However, Mr Nkrumah told journalists that: “Whilst President Akufo-Addo’s administration cannot speak for past administrations, including the immediate-past NDC administration, this administration does not and has not bugged offices of political parties, its key actors, individuals or organisations for that matter”.
He added that the practice of “accusing the state and seeking to portray to the global community of democratic watchers that the state is involved in some illegality, is unpatriotic and has the potential to undermine the growing respect that Ghana has for its resilient democracy and respect for rule of law”.
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THE MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND NATIONAL SECURITY AS WELL AS THE POLICE, IN CHARGE OF INTERNAL SECURITY, MUST WAKE UP TO ENSURE PEACE AND SAFETY OF GHANAIANS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL VIOLENT ATTACKS OF VIGILANTISM BY NPP AND NDC OPERATIVES AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL UNCOVERED KILLINGS AND KIDNAPPINGS IN GHANA IN THE RECENT TIMES CAUSING FEAR AND PANIC AMONG PEOPLE. THIS DOES NOT AUGUR WELL FOR THE STABILITY OF THE NATION. THE TAPE OF OFOSU AMPOFO GIVES A A CRITICAL CLUE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY. THERE IS A STRONG POLITICAL OVERTONE IN THE CURRENT EVENTS. THE SECURITY FORCES MUST DEAL RUTHLESSLY WITH ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO FOMENT TROUBLE IN THE COUNTRY.JJ GOVERNMENT WAS NOT THE BEST BY ANY MEASUREMENT, YET IT RULED GHANA FOR 20 YEARS BECAUSE IT DID NOT COUNTENANCE ANY NONSENSEEE OF THE KIND WE FIND WITH OFOSU AMPOFO. THE OFOSU AMPOFO TAPE CHALLENGES AND GIVES AKUFO ADDO GOVERNMENT EVERY RIGHT TO BECOME TOUGH. IT IS TIME TO STOP HANDLING CRIMINALS AND TROUBLE MAKERS WITH KIDS GLOVES. IT IS GOOD FOR GHANA TO BE PRAISED AS A STAR OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA BUT IF THE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY ACHIEVED IS NOT TREASURED AND PROTECTED WE SHALL LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF OUR MOUGH. POLICE, SOLDIERS AND ALL THE SECURITY FORCES ARE PAID TO KEEP THE STATE SAFE AND WE SHOULD CHALLENGE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUBDUE AND CONTAIN ANY TROUBLE MAKER AND CRIMINAL. THE HONEYMOON FOR AKUFFO ADDO IS OVER. TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING IS BAD AND TOO MUCH OF TALK TALK, AND NICE NICE IS NOT GOOD. OFOSU AMPOFO, SAMMY GYAMFI,AKAMBA, NII LAMPTEY VANDERPUYE, SAM GEORGE OR ANY OTHER WHO LACK SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING AND CIVILITY, AND CANNOT APPRECIATE DIALOGICAL PROCESS TO ADDRESS ISSUES MUST BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY.SUCH PEOPLE DO NOT RELY ON THEIR CONSCIENCE TO DO THINGS RIGHT, EXCEPT WHEN COMPELLED TO DO SO. THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES MUST DEAL WITH SUCH PEOPLE SQUARELY WITHIN THE PERIMETERS OF THE LAW, DISREGARDING ANY OF THEIR PRETENCE. SOME IN THE POLICE MUST ALSO STOP THE UNPROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE BY BETRAYING THEIR OWN INSTITUTIONS TO CONNIVE WITH LAWBREAKERS. THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SECURITY FORCES MUST ENSURE TO INSTILL DISCIPLINE WITHIN THEIR RANKS. OFOSU AMPOFO MUST BE MADE TO DISCLOSE THE POLICE WOMAN MENTION IN HIS TAPE. VIGILANTIES MUST BE DISBAND AND THE SECURITY FORCES MUST BE TASKED TO ENSURE THE BAN. ANY FAILURE OF AKUFFO ADDO IS A CONDEMNATION OF GHANA TO HELL. AKUFFO ADDO MUST BE BOLD AND STRONG BECAUSE HE IS ORDAINED BY GOD TO SUCCEED. THE BATTLE IS THE LORD.
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