Member of Parliament for Old-Tafo Vincent Ekow Assafuah

The Member of Parliament for Old-Tafo Vincent Ekow Assafuah Esq. has stated it will be hypocritical on the part of Ghanaians to not apologize to Cecilia Dapaah if we accept Ablakwa’s Airport Hill rent claim.

At the vetting of the Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, he revealed that he has been renting at the Airport Hills residential area in Accra for the past eight years.

Reacting to this on Kumasi-based Pure FM in an interview with Kwame Adinkrah, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a member of the Appointments and Vetting Committee, revealed that Ablakwa lied to the committee.

He disclosed that Airport Hills residential area is owner-occupied and it will take a shrewd person to hide his ownership interest in the name of a relative.

“Airport Hills is owner occupied. Regardless, the least rent payable is US$15,000. If Okudzeto Ablakwa can afford that for 8 years, then we have to say sorry to Madam Cecilia Dapaah for having US$1 million. Otherwise, we are a nation of hypocrites,” he said.

He added: “He, Okudzeto goes around pontificating, yet he is the most unprincipled in his crusade to save the nation money. Immediately after his vetting, he flew on Business class to London. I have the manifest here.

"It will cost about GH¢120,000 to fly in business class as against economy that will be GH¢27,000 there about. If you have a person that preaches piousness in fund management and in practice does the contrary, such a person does not deserve our commendation and overall approval.”

“Senior Kwame, I can assure you that as far as Sam George and Okudzeto Ablakwa are concerned, most especially Okudzeto Ablakwa, their approval will never be a consensus. It will never happen," Vincent Ekow Assafuah claimed.

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