{"id":462035,"date":"2018-02-06T21:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/alan-wants-muntaka-charged-for-causing-financial-loss-to-the-state\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T21:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:30:21","slug":"alan-wants-muntaka-charged-for-causing-financial-loss-to-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/alan-wants-muntaka-charged-for-causing-financial-loss-to-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan wants Muntaka charged for \u2018causing financial loss to the state\u2019"},"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,  6 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/71666777.295.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Kyeremanten Poerl\" title=\"Alan Kyeremanten Poerl\" width=\"295\" height=\"204\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Alan Kyerematen, Trade and Industry Minister<\/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\/2018\/02\/1517952621_822_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, wants Parliament, and by extension the state, to investigate any possibilities of suing Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka for willfully causing financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the recall of Parliament during their Christmas break following the Asawase Constituency Member of Parliament\u2019s motion may have incurred costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill it be possible that the associated costs of recalling this House may be the case of causing financial loss to the state?\u201d Mr Keyermaten wondered in his remarks after the report by the five-member ad hoc committee was adopted.<\/p>\n<p>He was in the House to convey his ministry\u2019s gratitude to Parliament for following due diligence in probing the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The committee had been set up by the Speaker to look into Alhaji Muntaka\u2019s motion \u2013 seconded by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa \u2013 which accused the Trades Ministry of illegally levying expatriate business owners at an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the Minority members had accused the Ministry of \u201cextorting\u201d monies from the businesses.<\/p>\n<p>But after weeks of public hearing, the committee on Tuesday presented its report, though not without drama as the Minority walked out of the House.<\/p>\n<p>In appreciating the work of the committee, Mr Kyerematen begged of the Speaker, Aaron Mike Oquaye, to make comments about Alhaji Muntaka, Mr Okudzeto, James Klutse Avedzi and Dr Dominic Ayine who were key actors in the \u201cdrama\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>About Muntaka, he added that his documents presented to the committee \u201con oath\u201d were \u201cfraudulent\u201d and \u201cit could be a matter that can be properly interrogated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rising Star\u2019<\/p>\n<p>About the North Tongu MP, Mr Kyerematen was worried about his barometer of the country\u2019s international image as a result of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the opinion of the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, whom he described as the Rising Star of the Minority, cannot constitute the entirety of the international community.<\/p>\n<p>About Dr Ayine, the Trade Minister said all the documents that were not substantiated during the public hearings found their ways into the Minority\u2019s counter report released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kyerematen also accused Mr Avedzi of working so hard to fault the Ministry of using public accounts for private funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are citizens protected by the acts and ommissions of honourable members?\u201d Mr Kyerematen queried.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() 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state, to investigate any possibilities of suing Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka for willfully causing financial loss to the state. 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