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Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM1 has slammed his critics who feel he is harbouring political ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM1 has slammed his critics who feel he is harbouring political ambition.<\/p>\n

He told journalists in Accra on Monday August 19, 2019 that he was not having any political ambition as has been rumoured.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no political ambition. I am a missionary not a mercenary,\u201d he fired.<\/p>\n

He likened the rise of Menzgold to the likes of Facebook, Uber, Snapchat, which he claimed had to break rules from their humble beginning.<\/p>\n

According to him, Menzgold\u2019s subsidiary, Zylofon Media was not in competition with any organization in Ghana because for him its operations were centered around Information Technology (IT) and media.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur competitors are not in Ghana; They are far away in the Silicon Valley, California,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NAM 1 was recently released from police custody after an Accra High Court reviewed his earlier GH\u00a2 1 billion bail condition.<\/p>\n

He was earlier standing trial in Dubai after his arrest there in connection with an alleged fraudulent gold deal.<\/p>\n

Menzgold Ghana has been facing legal battle since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered it in September 2018 to halt its \u2018illegal\u2019 deposit taking business with the public.<\/p>\n

NAM1 is believed to have traveled to the Emirates to retrieve the $39 million accordingly owed him by the Dubai firm to settle Menzgold clients.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, he ended up being arrested and has been standing trial in Dubai.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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