[ 2015-02-19 ]

Baba Kamara Isn't Fit To Be National Security Advisor - Kweku Baako
Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading
Guide newspaper, has expressed strong disapproval
of the appointment of Baba Kamara as the new
National Security Advisor.

The newly appointed National Security Advisor is
still under investigation by the Commission on
Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)
over his alleged involvement in the infamous Mabey
and Johnson scandal about six years ago.

Following the announcement of the government's new
appointee, some institutions and political figures
have frowned at President John Mahama's decision
to have Baba Kamara on the National Security
apparatus.

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) appealed to
the President to suspend his appointment until he
(Kamara) is cleared off the bribery allegation
leveled against him.

“One would have expected that something would
have been done about it [since 2009]” but “the
long silence means that CHRAJ is not interested in
the case,” Executive Director of the GII, Vitus
Azeem told the media in an interview.

Baba Karama was alleged to have served as a
conduit through whom some of the bribe money got
to top government officials in the Rawlings
government.

Former High Commissioner to Nigeria Baba Kamara,
former Health Minister Dr. Sipa Yankey and former
Roads Minster Ato Quarshie were alleged to have
benefitted from £750,000 largesse from Mabey &
Johnson, a British bridge construction firm that
sought to win projects in the country.

Dr. Sipa Yankey had to resign from his position
and Emile Short, the then Commissioner of CHRAJ
began investigations which have been left hanging
since his exit. But two Commissioners have been at
the helm of CHRAJ since 2009 and neither Anna
Bossman nor her successor Lauretta Lamptey has
been able to bring finality to the case.

No questions have been raised since Baba Kamara
was appointed as Advisor to the President but his
new role has brought him under greater public
scrutiny.

Adding his voice to the numerous calls on
President Mahama to suspend the appointment, Mr.
Baako told Kwami Sefa Kayi, host of Peace FM's
"Kokrokoo" that Baba Kamara is not fit to hold
that particular position.

According to him, he (Baba Kamara) doesn't pass
the mark to become the National Security Advisor
in the country. He held strongly that "he (Kamara)
is not the right choice for National Security
Advisor."

"I don’t think National Security Advisor fits
him. He doesn’t the fit the bill."

Meanwhile, CHRAJ says there is nothing untoward
about Baba Kamara, the new National Security
Advisor, taking up such role.

Source - Peacefmonline

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