The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is calling bluff of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, to sue him over his conflict of interest claims.
He further asked the people who are worried and begging on his behalf to stop since he is ready for any lawsuit from the Attorney-General.
Mr. Dame denied an allegation of conflict of interest made against him by Mr. Ablakwa and further demanded a retraction and an apology from the MP.
The Attorney-General served notice that failure on the part of the lawmaker to comply with his demand will see him seeking legal redress.
However, responding to the demand of the Attorney-General on Friday, June 24, 2022 edition of Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, Mr Ablakwa scoffed at the threat of legal suit, emphasizing that some members of the current government will go to jail for issues related to the construction.
He therefore asked people who have expressed concerns for him after the minister’s threat to stop begging on his behalf.
The vociferous MP said “I dare him to sue me. By the time we’ll be done with this National Cathedral thing, some people will be in jail. No one should apologize for me.”
In a Facebook post made on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who has raised several issues with the construction of a National Cathedral by the government, wrote, “It is quite revealing to observe that when the National Cathedral was incorporated on July 18, 2019; the then Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame was registered as Secretary.
“During the same period, he served on the board of the Public Procurement Authority which approved David Adjaye’s irregular sole sourcing contract. A clear conflict of interest situation, particularly from additional evidence available to us,” he added.
But in a rejoinder to the MP’s statement, Godred Dame described the allegations as false and dishonest, debunking the allegations of conflict of interest.
Godfred Dame said, among other things, that there was no company called the National Cathedral of Ghana in existence at the time the PPA board he served on approved the contract.
The minister thus demanded a retraction and apology from the Member of Parliament, failure of which he threatened to sue.
Source: Daily Guide
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@Ken, Ghanaian know what npp has done so far, I don’t think they will change gov’t.
That MP should rethink about his full confidence that NDC will at all cost win 2024 elections. NDC cannot never be an alternative if the current Government performance is below expectation.The ruling Government has performed extremely better than NDC in power. All the noise that rotten egg MP is making will shock of his life come 2024 election. NDC leadership should tell us what are they bringing on board which will be different from their previous administration. Ablakwa is a joker and will have shock of his life . His conduct and character gradually prolonging NDC stay in opposition ..
Ken@ what makes you think that the NPP will retain power in 2024 when they nearly lost it in 2020? Do you know the amount of this same Covid-19 funds that was pumped into the 2020 election but was not enough to give them a resounding victory? Let me tell you, if the NPP is able to garner 40% of the total votes in 2024, they should thank their stars. Who will waste time to vote for the ***barred word*** performance that we’re seeing now? Don’t even try to disturb our ears by trying to attribute NPP’s failure to Covid-19 and the Russia/Ukraine conflict because Dr. Bawumia has given us the reasons already that ‘ when the fundamentals are weak, the exchange rate will expose you’. All your policies never worked and corruption under this government is so endemic. Foot soldiers don’t want to work for themselves but want the government to pay them for no work done.
Ablakwa is so confident that NDC will win power for him to abuse his opponents. If most Ghanaians can critically compare the performances of these two major political parties, I don't think they will change government every 8 years.