[ 2011-04-13 ]

Obuasi NPP activists face court for defaulting in MASLOC loans
Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) activists in the
Obuasi Wawasi constituency are to be dragged to
court to compel them to settle their indebtedness
to the Micro-finance and Small Loans Centre,
MASLOC.

The activists numbering about sixty took the loans
in 2008 but reportedly refused to repay insisting
that the money was a gift from their Member of
Parliament (MP)for the area.

Their spokesperson, Michael Owusu, told Joy News
their MP Edward Ennin ordered the release of the
money to them as a reward for their votes.

He said if there is any repayment to be made, the
MP should bear that responsibility.

But Edward Ennin, the MP for the area has denied
ever telling the activists the money was a gift.

He said he only facilitated the process of
acquiring the loans from MASLOC.

“I don’t work for MASLOC, I don’t work for
the banks, [all] I did was to facilitate it, to
make sure that they also get that facility; the
MASLOC people themselves were in Obuasi to educate
those whose names appeared on the list,” he
said.

The MP said all the beneficiaries of the facility
were made to sign agreement forms “so how can
you just turnaround and say that you thought it
was a gift.”

Source - MyjoyOnline

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