{"id":448709,"date":"2017-12-20T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/okudzeto-has-stolen-throughout-his-life-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:00:29","slug":"okudzeto-has-stolen-throughout-his-life-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/okudzeto-has-stolen-throughout-his-life-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Okudzeto has \u2018stolen throughout his life\u2019 \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/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\/64161713.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ahenkorah Ablakwa\" title=\"Ahenkorah Ablakwa\" width=\"295\" height=\"170\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Carlos Ahenkora has accused Okudzeto Ablakwa of being a thief<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513789229_615_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has been cited for \u201clying through his education\u201d. Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Ahenkora who made the claims, also accused Mr. Ablakwa of being a \u201cthief\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy Trade Minister\u2019s outburst took place outside the chamber of Parliament on Tuesday when he engaged in a brawl with Okudzeto Ablakwa who is also the MP for North Tongu.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Ahenkro who is also the MP for Tema West had interrupted an interview Ablakwa was granting to journalists over accusations that the Trade Ministry charged expatriates to sit with the president at an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The minority had accused the ministry of charging between 25,000 and 100,000 dollars to offer them seats close to the president.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak during the approval of the Trade and Industry Ministry\u2019s budget said the fees charged at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards were not approved by Parliament. He said monies collected were also not accounted for in the ministry\u2019s internally generated funds.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Ahenkora Speaking to the media in Parliament on Tuesday, North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa insisted the ministry was guilty of the accusations being leveled against it.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Ahenkora who felt the sponsorship was \u201cnormal\u201d became incensed and charged at his colleague MP. \u201cYou are a big liar\u201d he shouted at Ablakwa, \u201clet him know that he is a thief. You have stolen through your life, and you have even lied through your education.\u201d Mr. Ahenkora insisted that the monies the expatriates were asked to pay were sponsorship for the program and that came with various packages for the companies.<\/p>\n<p>He said the ministry was not responsible for the organization of the program. 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Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Ahenkora who made the claims, also accused Mr. Ablakwa of being a \u201cthief\u201d. The deputy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":448711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Okudzeto has \u2018stolen throughout his life\u2019 \u2013 Minister - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/okudzeto-has-stolen-throughout-his-life-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Okudzeto has \u2018stolen throughout his life\u2019 \u2013 Minister - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-20 play videoCarlos Ahenkora has accused Okudzeto Ablakwa of being a thief Former deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has been cited for \u201clying through his education\u201d. 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