The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has taken a dig at the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, claiming that he has enabled corruption in the country.
He again accused President Akufo-Addo of promoting corruption, to the extent of going ahead with investigations to exonerate his appointees accused of engaging in corruption-related cases.
Sammy Gyamfi, further slammed government officials for engaging in corruption, which he said has taken a toll on the economy.
In an interview, Sammy Gyamfi claimed, “…they have come to promote corruption. President Akufo-Addo came to enable corruption, if corruption was a human being, its name would have been President Akufo-Addo. If you wanted to see corruption, and you saw President Akufo-Addo, you would have found your answers.”
He wondered why the President conferred a national award on the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, who has been indicted by the Auditor General for misusing COVID-19 funds.
“As I speak with you, the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang -Manu has been indicted by the Auditor General for paying $81 million for vaccines not supplied. Instead of sacking this man, President Akufo-Addo conferred a national award [Order of the Volta-Companion] on him. He also engaged in procurement breaches of Sputnik V vaccines.”
Sammy Gyamfi
We’re Not Protecting Any Sitting MP
However, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), rejected allegations that the NDC party is seeking to protect some of its MPs ahead of its upcoming parliamentary primaries.
Sammy Gyamfi averred the party does not have any such intention and the NDC, rather intends to protect its seats in Parliament. However, Mr. Gyamfi said if there is a need for the party to engage some aspirants, it will do so.
“The fate of all aspirants or candidates will be determined by the delegates in the 275 constituencies and so the party will not protect any individual.
“The party is protecting all the 275 seats. Also, where for good reason, the party has to engage various stakeholders on specific issues to build consensus, the party will do so.”
Sammy Gyamfi
Mr. Gyamfi also rejected allegations that the leadership of the party is working to remove Muntaka Mubarak, as its MP for Asawase. He said this claim is “bogus” and should be dismissed. He further explained that the party does not have the power to remove legislators.
“It is ridiculous because the party cannot remove any MP. MPs are elected by their constituents, so the party has no power to remove anyone.”
Sammy Gyamfi
Moreover, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, assured that the party’s leadership will ensure a free, fair, and transparent election for the party’s flagbearer race. No stone will be left unturned, he says, in order to find the right candidate to lead the party in the 2024 elections.
“We want to give an assurance that we are determined as a party to provide a level-playing field for all the contestants and ensure that at the end of the day, whoever emerges represents the true aspirations of the millions of our supporters [and Ghanaians].
“We believe that, so far the campaign has been going well, our guidelines have been pretty much adhered to, and we believe that will continue from now to May 13 when we can have the presidential primaries that will bring the emergence of who is the right person to lead our political party.”
Fifi Fiavi Kwetey
This, Sammy Gyamfi says is proof that no one can remove Muntaka Mubarak, except he is voted against by the delegates of his constituency.
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