{"id":449251,"date":"2017-12-22T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T09:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/100k-access-fee-no-wrongdoing-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T09:07:48","slug":"100k-access-fee-no-wrongdoing-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/100k-access-fee-no-wrongdoing-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"$100K access fee &#8216;no wrongdoing&#8217; \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19202374.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo Address\" title=\"Akufo Addo Address\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/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\/1513933668_632_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Government has said there was no misconduct on the part of the Trade Ministry or any other official in relation to an alleged payment of $100,000 by expatriates in order to sit at the president\u2019s table at a recent event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts, as reported to the president, do not disclose any wrongdoing on the part of the Minister or any government official,\u201d Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid said in a statement Thursday, December 21.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that: \u201cThe President has therefore asked the Minister to put those facts before the Ghanaian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after the President demanded answers from his Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen concerning the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The minority has strongly condemned what they said was corruption by government officials to consent to the demand for such monies at the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile North Tongu MP Samuel Okuidzeto Ablakwa has instructed his lawyers to file a defamation suit against Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, for calling him a \u201cthief\u201d and a \u201cliar\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m certain that before the close of day he will received the suit, I want to give him the opportunity to prove all of those things \u2013 he called me a thief, he said that I even stole all my way through education\u2026\u201d Mr Ablakwa told Accra-based Joy FM on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahenkorah rained insults on Mr Ablakwa in parliament\u2019s lobby a couple of days ago, after barging into an interview session that the North Tongu MP was having with journalists on the $100,000 cash-for-seat scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation almost ended up in fisticuffs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 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 Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-22 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Government has said there was no misconduct on the part of the Trade Ministry or any other official in relation to an alleged payment of $100,000 by expatriates in order to sit at the president\u2019s table at a recent event. 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