The Paramount Chief of Lower Axim Traditional Council, Awulae Attibrukusu III, has finally spoken about the Catherine Afeku-Kundum cash saga as he revealed that he has no knowledge of receiving or bearing witness to the 200,000 Ghana Cedis expenditure as stated by former Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Catherine Afeku for the 2018 Axim Kundum festival.
This new revelation, however, contradicts the former Tourism Minister and former Member of Parliament for Evalue Ajomoro Gwira Constituency assertion that Awulae Attibrukusu III was aware of the money expended on musicians.
Meanwhile, in a statement released by the President of the Axim Traditional Council, he noted that the said amount quoted in the Auditor General’s report, which cited the money as expended on the Kundum festival from 1st-9th September 2018, should not be associated to him or his office.
“The office of His Royal Highness, Awulae Attibrukusu III and for that matter the traditional council which he chairs as the President would like to categorically state that he had no knowledge of the said amount or how it was expended before, during or after the Kundum Festival celebrations of 2018. This office and the council, which he presides over, consequently takes a strong exception to any attempt by any person(s) to associate his person, name, or office with the expenditure in question especially as it has caused an upswell of public outcry in both traditional and social media thus has the potential of sullying the sanctity of the stool he occupies and the reputation he carries as a person”.
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During an earlier interview, the former Honorable Member of Parliament for Evalue Ajomoro Gwira Constituency posited that the Chief of Lower Axim bears witness to the fact that the money in question (GHs 200,000) was used to pay music artists who performed during the Kundum carnival.
However, according to the Chief in his statement, he only bears witness to the fact that several artists came to perform during the Kundum carnival but not aware of how much each artist took home.
“Whereas this office does not deny that a number of music artists came to perform during the Kundum carnival at the behest of the former minister and Member of Parliament, for the sake of emphasis and the abundance of clarity, this office states without equivocation that His Royal Highness has no knowledge of how much they were paid, their terms of engagement or where the money came from to pay them”.
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The Paramount Chief therefore urged the public to refrain from aligning his throne with the scandal.
“The office of His Royal Highness and The Lower Axim Traditional Council will therefore urge all to desist from unwarranted commentaries that will seek to impute misfeasance and lack of integrity on the part of the Traditional Council.
“The office of His Royal Highness and The Lower Axim Traditional Council wishes to thank all well-meaning subjects of the stool and well-wishers who by various means showed concern for what appears to be a material misstatement of facts by the former Honorable Member of Parliament in her submission during an interview”.
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