Honest Senior Minster with a Comment on Aisha Huang – Nunoo-Mensah

General News of Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-04-24

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, former Chief of the Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, said that Prime Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo's comments on Ghana's decision to stop a lawsuit Chinese national Aisha Huang were honest.

Speaking at a public meeting in the United States, the Prime Minister told Ghanaians that it was necessary for Ghana to maintain good relations with China, explaining that the two countries were in the same position. 39; were badociated with several development projects, including the $ 2 billion agreement signed Sinohydro.

Osafo Maafo was responding to a question about why Ghana should end its case against Aisha Huang, known as Queen Galamsey.

The former finance minister explained that the country should be careful not to compromise its diplomatic relations with China.

"Today, the main company that contributes to the development of the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro … a Chinese company. It's the one that will help us deal with our bauxite and provide us with about $ 2 billion, "he said.

"So when there is this kind of arrangement, there are other things behind the scenes. Put this lady [Aisha] in prison in Ghana will not solve your economic problems, "he added.

His remarks provoked outrage and fury from the public, drawing criticism and some calling for his dismissal.

But Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah thinks that the Prime Minister was only to be honest.

"I'm not surprised, he gave a very honest answer," he said. "Today we [Ghanaians] are in a very bad state for Ghana to be where we are today, we have no support power. "

The former presidential security advisor was speaking Wednesday on TV3's New Day.

According to him, Ghana is in a situation where there is not much to do, ask for help from countries like China and the United States, noting that he finds it's disheartening as a citizen of the country.

"It saddens me that Ghana today we are so poor and so weak that Ghana does not have a choice. We implore everyone, we implore China, we implore [United States of] America, "he added.

He observed that the honesty of Ghanaians had been compromised, noting that there were still complaints about the economy, whether it was the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the New Patriotic Party (NPP). who was in power.

"We do not tell the truth, we Ghanaians, we had the NDC government a short time ago, a little over two years ago, they said that they do not have the truth. were not good and now the NPP has come into force. [power] we're like jumping from a frying pan, "he noted.