[ 2014-11-21 ]

We want facts not your personal beliefs - Kwesi Pratt tells Omane Boamah
Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, Minister of Communication
has been asked to state the facts instead of his
personal beliefs.

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi
Pratt contributing to a panel discussion on PEACE
FM morning show ‘Kokrokoo’ stated that as a
Minister of Communication and as government
official spokesperson, he has no right to state
his beliefs as far as issues concerning the
country is concerned.

“I have a problem with Omane Boamah, He is a
minister of communication… he is not supposed to
be talking from his beliefs. His personal beliefs
are not important to us… he should be telling us
facts instead of indicating what his beliefs are.
His statement has undermined the credibility of
NACOB….” he stated.

Kwesi Pratt was speaking to a comment made by the
Communications Ministers suggesting that Narcotics
Control Board (NACOB) did not collaborate with the
United Kingdom concerning Nayele Ametefe, the lady
entangled in the 12.5k cocaine saga.

A press statement signed by the Deputy Executive
Secretary of NACOB said Nayele “was arrested on
the 10th of November, 2014 through the
collaborative effort of the Narcotics Control
Board (NACOB) and its British partners.”

However, in an interview with a sister radio
station, Dr Boamah said until NACOB provides
evidence to prove that they collaborated with
their British partners, he will not believe their
claim.

“I discounted NACOB’s claims that they
collaborated with the British intelligence with
respect to this particular arrest. However to give
them the benefit of the doubt I also indicated
that if they release evidence to contradict that
discount that I had put out there, I was ready to
change my position.”

Kwesi Pratt further noted that if “indeed the
NACOB stories are not true then some heads must
role….”

Meanwhile, the UK High Commission in a statement
released on Friday 21st November suggested that
they did not collaborate with NACOB in the arrest
of Nayale.

Below is the full statement:-

With regard to a report in The Chronicle newspaper
on 20 November, the British High Commission (BHC)
wishes to clarify the following points;

UK authorities have been working closely with
Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) since 2006;

UK authorities had no prior knowledge of the
intentions of Ms Nayele Ametefeh before flying
from Accra to London on 9/10 November;

Ms Ametefeh’s case is an ongoing police
investigation and as such we will not be
commenting on the details;

Questions relating to the use of the VIP Lounge at
Kotoka International Airport should be directed to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who are
responsible for the management of this facility;

UK authorities work closely with NACOB to ensure
that, wherever possible, any potential drug
trafficker to the UK from Ghana is arrested here
in Ghana and not permitted to board a flight in
order to traffic drugs;

The prevention of drug trafficking remains a high
priority for the UK and we look forward to
continued close collaboration with Ghana.

Source - Peacefmonline

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