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General News of Monday, January 21, 2019
Source: dailyguideafrica.com
2019-01-21
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, former Deputy Minister of Communication
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Deputy Minister of Communications of the former government of John Dramani Mahama, described as pointless a delegation that the government had sent to the UAE to follow up on the CEO (CEO ) of Menzgold, currently standing. trial for criminal offense in the Asian country.
A high-level government delegation, consisting of Deputy Attorney General Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, a representative of the Bureau of Economic and Organized Crime (EOCO), the National Research Office (BNI) and National Security went to Dubai to request the extradition of Mr. Mensah, better known as NAM1.
The delegation returned without the fugitive, claiming that the UAE authorities had announced that they would only release him after his trial, which should open on Saturday, February 2.
NAM1 will be sued in Dubai from Feb. 2 – Officials revealed that at TV3's New Day on Monday, Jan. 21, Kwakye Ofosu said he was not surprised at the turn of events, as the delegation said it would not be possible 39, was not necessary.
"I'm not surprised that the government delegation came back empty-handed. For starters, I do not even understand why they formed this delegation. This was not necessary. They do not need to go to Dubai to find out whether or not it will be handed over to the Ghanaian authorities, "he said.
According to the former member appointed by the government, the government has not met expectations regarding the entire Menzgold case and the lawsuits against the CEO.
He pointed out that not only the diplomatic engagement with the United Arab Emirates to bring NAM1 to Ghana had failed, but that "the management of the government as a whole has been less than impressive".
The Communicator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) argued that it was unjustifiable that state guarantees allowed NAM1 to flee the country.
"Nothing justifies why the state allowed Mr. Appiah Mensah to flee jurisdiction, but only to come back with a post-facto defense and rush to present the appearance of a government that would solve the case. "
He emphasized that once Menzgold's activities became suspicious for the state, it should have known that with the type of resources and relationships available to the CEO, he could easily flee, which is why EOCO should have implemented measures in Ghana.
Mr. Kwakye Ofosu claimed that some Ghanaians, as well as himself, suspected the government of being complicit in the case because "it just does not fit", insisting that the government " acts incompetently ".
He doubts that NAM1 will ever return to Ghana given what he described as the strange circumstances in which he left Ghana.
He warned that Menzgold's customers can not trust the government to do them justice.
Eric Twum Amoako, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, disagreed, saying that Felix's comments failed a logical test.
According to him, the government is committed to adopt NAM1 as a book unlike the NDC that sat and watched it grow its business.
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