{"id":275627,"date":"2011-02-07T08:59:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T08:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51261"},"modified":"2011-02-07T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T08:59:03","slug":"sir-john-scoffs-at-mills-visit-to-tema-its-just-a-pr-gimmick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/07\/sir-john-scoffs-at-mills-visit-to-tema-its-just-a-pr-gimmick\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir John Scoffs At Mills\u2019 Visit To Tema: It\u2019s Just A PR Gimmick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has pooh-poohed President Mills\u2019 surprise visit to the Tema Port describing it as much ado about nothing since a similar visit to the Port in the past did not deter the officers from engaging in whatever nefarious activities he warned them against.<br \/>\nSir John, as the NPP General Secretary is affectionately called, said the President\u2019s reaction to ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 revelations in his latest video titled &#8220;<strong>Enemies of the Nation: The Dark Secrets of the Tema Port<\/strong>\u201d, clearly shows how confused the government is. He accused the ruling administration of pillorying Anas in one breath, whiles trying to show to the public that they are appreciative of his work.<br \/>\nTo buttress his point, he alluded to Anas\u2019 expos\u00e9 on the Osu Children\u2019s Home last year and alleged that Hon E.T Mensah, the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, whose office had direct oversight responsibility over the Orphanage, vilified the ace undercover journalist for airing the video instead of lauding his efforts at uncovering child neglect and abuse.<br \/>\n\u201cThis government is a confused gov\u2019t; they don\u2019t know what they are doing\u2026Were you not in this country when that incident occurred? So since when did they believe in this?,\u201d he rhetorically questioned.<br \/>\nPresident Mills on Friday February 4th, paid an unannounced visit to the Tema Harbour where he expressed deep anger at the endemic corruption at the port and called for the institutionalization of an asset declaration regime at CEPS.<br \/>\nClearly incensed by the startling revelations of bribery and graft uncovered by Anas, especially when security personnel charged with the statutory responsibility of uncovering corruption and raising revenue, were either sleeping on the job or were neck deep in the corrupt activities, President Mills charged the Port authorities to arrest anybody who dares come to transact business at the harbor in his name.<br \/>\n&#8220;There are people who come here throwing their weight around; dropping names of so-called higher ups. I have General Mordey and I am telling you if anybody comes here with the president&#8217;s name the first thing you should do is to arrest that person,&#8221; President Mills said.<br \/>\nBut speaking on\u00a0<strong>Akoko Abon<\/strong>, a political discussion programme on\u00a0<strong>HelloFm<\/strong> in Kumasi, the NPP Chief Scribe impliedly stated the president, per his action, was acting for the cameras since it is an open secret that there is endemic corruption at the country\u2019s ports. He was of the view that President Mills was pushed to pay that surprise visit to the port by some elements within his administration, and asserted that his angry posture and admonitions will definitely amount to nothing.<br \/>\n\u201cGive him three days,\u2026This is really much ado about nothing&#8230;This is a man who is confused; this is not governance,\u201d he observed.<br \/>\nTo him, the call for the institutionalization of an asset declaration regime at CEPS by the President, is just an attention-grabbing tactic.<br \/>\n\u201cEven his very own Ministers close by, defied the fiat to declare their assets, how much more Customs officials? It\u2019s just a PR gimmick, but unfortunately those pushing him to engage in all these (publicity stunts) are really not helping him\u2026The man does not know what he\u2019s about, no wonder some NDC stalwarts want him out. Tell me, what useful or fruitful thing ensued out of all those impromptu visits by the president \u201c(last year)? None!&#8230;You know, when I heard of this (visit to the Tema Harbour), I laughed my head off, simply because they have no faith in Anas (based on past remarks made regarding some of his exposure of corrupt practices),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has pooh-poohed President Mills\u2019 surprise visit to the Tema Port describing it as much ado about nothing since a similar visit to the Port in the past did not deter the officers from engaging in whatever nefarious activities he warned them against. 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