After working for 30-years shouldn’t I be able to own $133, 000 Dubai property? – Moses Asaga

Moses Asaga, former Member of Parliament for Nabdam, has denied allegations of owning illicitly acquired properties in Dubai.

The accusations, made by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), implicated him and other former Mahama administration officials.

The report suggested they had amassed real estate in Dubai worth millions during their time in office.

Moses Asaga dismissed the claims as politically motivated, arguing that his 30-year career in various significant roles justifies his $133,000 investment in Dubai properties.

He compared this investment to property prices in Ghana, questioning why similar scrutiny isn't applied to other high-ranking officials and politicians.

In his response to Accra-based Citi FM, he said “I thought I had done something criminal and corrupt worth investigating. $133, 000, shouldn’t I be able to own such an investment? What are the prices of Trasaco properties $1m- $3m who are staying there? Is it not politicians and majority NPP functionaries? Has the OCCRP gone to put a story on them? This is a political machination.

“So, they think for my 30-year working life I should not have an investment of that paltry amount. Before politics, I worked with Ecobank, and GNPC and was Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister for Employment, and CEO of NPA. I could not afford an investment of $133,000 for a student one-bedroom apartment. What is the crime and corruption involved in this?

“In Ghana, new apartments are being sold for $200,000 plus, and Trasaco is $1m–$5m. Who stays in them is [it] not bankers, CEOs of GNPC, COCOBOD, BOST, and politicians,” he quizzed.