[ 2016-06-24 ]

Flagstaff House confident of Mahama’s innocence in Ford saga
Presidential staffers have stated they are
confident President John Dramani Mahama will be
exonerated in the on-going investigations by the
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative
Justice (CHRAJ) into the Ford Expedition gift
saga.

Deputy Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Jonny
Osei Kofi, said CHRAJ’s findings will prove what
the Ghanaian leader has been trumpeting that he is
innocent of the charge.

“We are confident CHRJ’s investigation will
come to nothing,” he said.
President John Mahama has been marred in a
controversial scandal following findings of
Joynews’ Manasseh Azure Awuni investigation in
which it was established that the Ghanaian leader
was gifted a Ford Expedition vehicle by Burkinabe
contractor, Oumarou Djibril Kanazoe valued at
$100,000.

The contractor was later to receive two juicy
contracts from the Ghana government. He was the
contractor behind the controversial $650,000 Ghana
Embassy wall in Burkina Faso which was flagged by
the Auditor General and the Dodo-Pepeso-Nkwanta
section of the most expensive road project in the
country, Eastern Corridor Road.

The government admitted the President received
the gift but explained the vehicle has been added
to the fleet of cars at the Presidency.

Avowed critics of the government and anti-graft
campaigners have slammed the President over what
they say is his disregard for CHRAJ’s guidelines
on conflict of interest and other anti-corruption
guidelines in the country.

Addressing clergymen in Accra, President Mahama
used the opportunity to declare his innocence
saying he has a dislike for American cars.

Speaking to Joy news, Mr Osei Kofi said the
petitions are moves to distract the president from
focusing on the governance of the country.

“We don’t mind at all. We expect so many
things. Let me say that those who are making these
allegations know why they are making them,” he
said.

He claimed peddlers of the allegation are not
interested in objectively knowing the truth but
are motivated by selfishness.

“It is not a question of somebody has done
something wrong but let’s put something in the
public domain,” he said.

He indicated they are expecting more of the
allegations in the coming days, noting “It’s a
routine thing.”

“Let them ask and let them check. We are
expecting more of these things to come,” he
said.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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