I never siphoned off dollars - Mrs rawlings

London (United Kingdom) -- The former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has stated emphatically that she has never siphoned off millions of dollars from the national coffers into her foreign account as being peddled by a section of the media in the country.

According to her, such publication is an attempt to criminalise and downgrade her and the husband to the citizens of the country as well as the international community. “Look, my father advised me that I am better off and a good name is better than riches, so I should not engage in any act that would tarnish my image,” she said.

Nana Konadu made this claim when she spoke to Ben Dotse Marlor on “Post Mark Africa,” a BBC programme last weekend.

When Nana Konadu was asked by the BBC reporter whether she feels embarrassed on such allegations, she answered affirmatively, adding that she pities those who read such miscalculated information about her in newspapers and believe it to be factual, adding that “posterity would judge us all.”

The former first lady stressed that if this is how the media in the country is going to operate, then she is afraid of what the country will become in future.

Readers will recall that after the NDC government had relinquished power to the NPP administration nearly two years ago, the former First Lady had been bombarded by a section of the media which accused her of stashing millions of dollars from the national coffers in her foreign account.

Recently, Kweku Baaku, the managing editor of the Crusading Guide assured Ghanaians that he was leaving for Europe to bring what he described as “Apo Kronkron” that would expose the said huge amount of money he (Kweku) claimed the former First Lady had deposited at one of the banks in Europe.