When I watched NDC deputy national communication officer Maleek Basintale who always tells baseless tales, just like the sound of his name, listed government lands bought by Hon Amidu Chinnia Issahaku, MP for Sissala-East and deputy minister for Sanitation on live TV on Thursday, 18th July, 2024, I was, for once, filled with admiration of him.
And my reason is this: from 1981 to the year 2000, a period of 19 uninterrupted years of Ghana's post-independent nationhood, NDC and it's PNDC antecedents, subjected Ghanaians to 10years of despotic totalitarianism, and 9years of pseudo constitutionalism, during which they sold, for pittance, 99% of State assets to themselves, family members and cronies.
Beneficiaries of these looted State assets, either dead or alive, are known because the records are readily available and easily accessible. But due to legendary lackluster performance of NPP communication strategy, a damn hypocrite as Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is being touted as a saint fighting to protect State assets from being bought.
Okudzeto-Ablakwa was given a ministerial position by the late Atta-Mills, when he was in a state of impecunious misery. But today, he is one of the richest people in Ghana; what's the source of his wealth? A character that was putting pressure on Martin Amidu to authorize payment of dubious judgement debts to entities with no contract with Ghana?!!!
A complete Sakumono township built in the year 1996/7 by SSNIT with pension contributions of Ghanaian workers and officially designated as the residence for Members of Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, was sold out to NDC MPs whose terms had just ended. And today, they're saying SSNIT investments cannot be touched.
I have always said: timid communicators must not represent NPP in the media. We have at hand, a legion of NDC propaganda principalities, and to effectively deal with same, NPP doesn't need timid souls, but bold, fearless, confident, articulate and coherent communicators, perfectly cut in the mold of Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Hon Andrew Agyapa Mercer.
For the records, this is just an infinitesimal list of GRABBING OF STATE LANDS/PROPERTIES by former (P)NDC officials:
- President John Evans Atta Mills, AC4664;
- Betty Mould Iddrisu,
- Professor Kofi Awoonor, 203/87 AC4433;
- Peter Nanfuri, AC4227 LS297/26, Ac4960;
- Edward Kojo Salia, 53/99 ac4258;
- Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni,
- Mustapha Gariba, Ac4914;
- Dr. Charles Jebuni, Ac783243/200;
- Fred W. A. Attoh, Ac 4264 198/86;
- 31st December Women’s Movement Ac8124;
- Prof. Yaw Twumasi, Ac4677;
- Dr. Kobla Gbedemah, Ac4277 l S84/96;
- Christian Yao Zigah, Ac4285 234/88;
- Ferdinand Ohene Kena, Ac42973/91, and;
- Oheneba Kow Richardson, Ac4284164/93.
- Dr. Kofi Ahmed, File No. Ac436236/87;
- Mark Woyongo, Ac4961;
- Dr. J. L. S. Abbey, Ac4295103/98;
- Mrs. Maureen Adadevoh, Ac4292149/88;
- Mr. J. H. Owusu-Acheampong, Ac43177/89;
- Baba Camara,
- Brigadier Benedict Kodjo Akafia, Ac4981;
- Ahenkora Marfo, Ac4318179/89;
- Dr. Kwaku Temeng, Ac433641/95;
- Seth Gustav Okraku, Ac4984;
- Nana Fosu Randall, ac4984
- Carl Henry Clark, Ac4977;
- Kwasi Tagbor, and;
- Roland Setsaafa Agbenotor, Ac4894.
- Alfred Kwao Ayivor,
- Stanley Q. Barnor,
- James T. Addico, Ac433439/90;
- George Nikoi Kotey, Ac4343270/90;
- Dr. Assibi A. Amidu, Aac435599/94;
- Ridway Brimah, Ac4363120/94;
- Vincent Assiseh, 65/97 Ac4383;
- Patrick Nutor, 191/88 ac4426,
- Niki Bentsi Enchill, Col.
- Alhaji Ayumah, Wesi Andam, Ac7869;
- Justice N. S. Gbadegbe, Ac7834
- Daniel Kobla Nutsugah, Ac5023.
Even Joyce Bawah Mogtari who is making noise all over the place about government officials buying State assets, actually went home in 2016, with her official vehicle, a Toyota Avalon valued at $150,000 at the time, by paying Ghc3000 for it.
These NDC people are nothing, but, a bunch of unrepentantly demonic necromancers, who do not warrant being allowed anywhere close to corridors of power, ever again!!!
Justice A. Newton-Offei
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