{"id":443735,"date":"2017-12-05T04:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T04:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/osafo-maafos-criticism-stripped-akufo-addo-of-presidency-fuseini\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T04:38:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T04:38:09","slug":"osafo-maafos-criticism-stripped-akufo-addo-of-presidency-fuseini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/osafo-maafos-criticism-stripped-akufo-addo-of-presidency-fuseini\/","title":{"rendered":"Osafo Maafo&#8217;s criticism &#8216;stripped Akufo-Addo of presidency&#8217; \u2013 Fuseini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  5 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/11699023.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jospong Nana Addo2\" title=\"Jospong Nana Addo2\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo and CEO of Jospong, Joseph Siaw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512448689_37_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseini says the Senior Minister was politically incorrect when he criticized the president in public for praising the Jospong Group of companies last month.<\/p>\n<p>He said Yaw Osafo Maafo shirked his obligation as an appointee to defend the action of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo when he had the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chicken has come home to roost\u2026the centre cannot hold any longer,\u201d Mr Fuseini said.<\/p>\n<p>The president had praised CEO of Jospong Group, Joseph Siaw Agyepong for the work his companies are doing to address sanitation issues in the country.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseini <\/b><\/p>\n<p>During a visit to the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant at Adjen Kotoku in November, president Akufo-Addo sympathized with Mr Agyepong over allegations of corruption levelled against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are at the forefront of doing things like you are, you will be the subject of controversy, it goes with the territory. I know you a little bit, and I know you are capable of handling it. Stay focused,\u201d the president said.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBut anti-graft agencies have criticized the posturing of the president, saying it could undermine the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Companies affiliated to the Jospong Group of Companies have been cited in some reports both local and international, for engaging in questionable transactions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the World Bank banned Zoomlion from bidding for its contracts after it was embroiled in controversies surrounding the Emergency Monrovia Urban Sanitation Project.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations by Joy News\u2019 Manasseh Azure Awuni revealed a sanitation contract awarded to five Jospong affiliated companies to procure one million waste bins and 900,000 disposable bin liners may have been inflated by \u00a2130million.<\/p>\n<p>The contract awarded by the Local Government Ministry in November 2016 was worth $74,040,000 (\u00a2318million).<\/p>\n<p>Answering a question at the launch of the Anti-corruption campaign in Accra Monday, Mr Osafo Maafo said the president\u2019s praise of Mr Agyepong &#8220;will not be right\u201d if the allegations against him are accurate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly not right. It will give the wrong signals if you are seen to be pampering or endorsing a known wrongdoer,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the Lands Minister said the senior minister was supposed to have defended the president\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an appointee of the president, you are under the obligation to protect the president, defend and serve him,\u201d Mr Fuseini told Evans Mensah on Joy FM\u2019s Top Story.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201che did the exact opposite,\u201d he said, adding Mr Osafo Maafo \u201cbecame the president\u201d when he condemned his boss.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 5 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-05 President Akufo-Addo and CEO of Jospong, Joseph Siaw Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseini says the Senior Minister was politically incorrect when he criticized the president in public for praising the Jospong Group of companies last month. 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