General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said that corruption, unprecedented nepotism, and grand thievery are the things that have defined the Presidency of Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo.
In the view of the General Secretary, notable among such fraudulent act of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is the infamous ‘Agyapa Royalties’ deal, which the NDC, and other patriotic Civil Society Organizations have long maintained that the is a bad one for Ghana and will not help the country in any way.
“Indeed, one of such cases of nepotistic thievery is the now infamous “Agyapa” Royalties deal which continues to hang like an albatross on the neck of President Akufo-Addo and his corrupt government.
“The NDC and several patriotic Civil Society Organizations such as IMANI, ISODEC, PIAC, ASEPA, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), IDEG, the Coalition of CSOs on the Extractive Sector, among several others, have long maintained, that the “Agyapa” deal is a bad deal for Ghana” Asiedu Nketia said.
Speaking at a press briefing at the party’s headquarters today, the General Secretary, added that the illegalities that characterized the deal were what led to the NDC’s minority in Parliament boycotting the approval of the deal when it was brought before the august House. He emphasized that the NDC government under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama will abrogate the deal when elected.
Asiedu Nketia again expressed the NDC’s disappointment in the President for not calling his Finance Ministers to order in the fraudulent Agyapa deal.
Read More:
“… the NDC is appalled by the refusal of President Akufo-Addo to crack the whip on the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta who supervised this daylight heist, and his Deputy, Charles Adu Boahen, who fraudulently signed the Mandate Agreement when he had no locus to do so under our laws.”
He finally noted that the NDC government, when elected would initiate a thorough investigation into the deal and punish all culprits.
“… we must serve notice, that this “Agyapa” scam, like other similar corrupt acts of the Akufo-Addo government, will not go unpunished. We have just about twenty-seven days to Vote for Change as the Americans have done. The new government of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and the NDC “Insha Allah”, shall investigate this “Agyapa” robbery and punish all the culprits and masterminds behind it through the Operation Sting crusade. Let it be known that crime has no expiry date. It is just a matter of time”.
By Julius Kwabena Adofo || ghananewsonline.com.gh
