{"id":1184561,"date":"2022-08-19T21:46:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/media-partly-to-be-blamed-for-databanks-role-as-transactional-advisors-to-govt-ndc-mp-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T21:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:46:33","slug":"media-partly-to-be-blamed-for-databanks-role-as-transactional-advisors-to-govt-ndc-mp-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/media-partly-to-be-blamed-for-databanks-role-as-transactional-advisors-to-govt-ndc-mp-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Media &#8216;Partly&#8217; To Be Blamed For Databank\u2019s Role As Transactional Advisors To Gov\u2019t \u2013 NDC MP | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Richard Acheampong, has said the media went absolutely silent when parliament raised concern about Databank\u2019s role as transactional advisors to the government. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>He claimed the needed support expected to come from the media wasn\u2019t enough giving Ken Ofori-Atta\u2019s Databank the go-ahead to \u2018rob\u2019 the state.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>\u201cWe raised this issue; the media didn\u2019t support it. Other state institutions did not also pick the issue up for investigation,\u201d<\/em> \u00a0he claimed <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The issue of Databank\u2019s role as transactional advisors to the government has been an issue for discussion after celebrated Broadcaster, Kwasi Kyei Darko, alias KKD, expressed anger over what he says is the glaring act of thievery being perpetuated by persons in charge of state coffers.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Speaking on GTV&#8217;s Breakfast Show programme, KKD alluded to a case of conflict of interest on the part of the Finance Minister, accusing him of benefiting at the state&#8217;s expense with this founded Databank. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>&#8220;I read a report yesterday that broke my heart, I saw how much Ghana owes, but I also found that apparently, the Minister of finance&#8217;s  or former  is a transaction advisor to the monies that we borrow. So as Ghana gets poorer, the Minister of finance&#8217;s  or former  gets richer,&#8221;<\/em> he stated <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>He also accused the minority in parliament of seeing to the thievery by the Finance Minister without taking measures to end it.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>But Richard Acheampong who is also an NDC Member of Parliament for the Bia East constituency said even though he agrees with KKD\u2019s claims, the minority cannot be blamed.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>\u201cNo one should blame us, we have raised this issue before,\u201d<\/em> he said in an interview with <strong>NEAT FM\u2019s<\/strong> morning show, &#8216;Ghana Montie&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo\/peacefmonline.com\/ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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