‘Galamsey queen’ Aisha Huang and Senior Minister, Osafo Maafo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nA former Chief of Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, says comments made by the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, about Ghana\u2019s decision to discontinue a legal action against Chinese national Aisha Huang were honest.<\/p>\n
Addressing a town hall meeting in the US, the Senior Minister told Ghanaians there was the need for Ghana to maintain a good relationship with China, explaining the two countries have partnered on several developmental projects including the $2 billion Sinohydro deal.<\/p>\n
Mr Osafo Maafo was responding to question on why Ghana had to discontinue the court case against Aisha Huang, popularly known as a galamsey queen.<\/p>\n
The former Finance Minister explained that the country had to be mindful not to jeopardise its diplomatic relations with China.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, the main company that is helping develop the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro…a Chinese company. It is the one that is going to help process our bauxite and provide about $2 billion to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when there are these kinds of arrangements, there are other things behind the scenes. Putting that lady [Aisha] in jail in Ghana is not going to solve your economic problems,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
His comments were met with public outrage and fury, attracting criticisms with some demanding his dismissal.<\/p>\n
But Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah thinks the Senior Minister was only being honest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not surprised, he gave a very honest answer,\u201d he stressed. \u201cToday, we [Ghanaians] are in a very poor state for Ghana to be where we are today, we have no backing power.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Presidential Security Advisor was speaking said on TV3\u2019s New Day Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to him, Ghana as a country is in a situation where there are no many choices to make aside seeking aid from countries like China and the US, noting that he finds this disheartening as a citizen of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt saddens me that Ghana today we are so poor and so weak that Ghana has no choice. We are begging everybody, we are begging China, we are begging [United States of] America,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He observed honesty among Ghanaians has been compromised, noting there are always complaints about the economy whether it is the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the New Patriotic Party (NPP) which is in power.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t say the truth, we Ghanaians, we had the NDC government not long ago, just over two years, they said they were not good and now NPP came in [power] we are just like jumping from frying pan to fire,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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