Mills Must Explain Money in Foreign Acct -

CENTRE FOR TRUTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

108 Euston Road London NW1

Director-Rufai Alhassan Ibrahim ~

MONTHLY PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 2010

MILLS MUST EXPLAIN DEPOSIT OF 3 MILLION DOLLARS AND

\ 200,000 EUROS IN FOREIGN ACCOUNTS

The Centre for Truth and Social Justice is calling on President of Ghana Mr John

Atta Mills to explain the deposit of 3 million dollars in a Swiss bank account as well

as the deposit of 500,000 dollars in an account in Spain. This is alleged to have

occurred during his recent visit to Bern, Switzerland, on a supposed state visit. The

Centre for Truth and Social justice is at a loss to understand why the president, who

told his people that he was on a mission to solicit for funds for projects would seek to

take money out of the country and deposit in foreign accounts in Switzerland, a

country noted for its secrecy and a reputation as a haven for hiding monies stolen

from African countries by corrupt African leaders.

Sources close to the seat of government have told the centre that part of the money is

a gift to some members of government at the presidency, including the President by

some Chinese businessmen for helping them secure land for a supposed new airport to

be built outside Accra and also a loan which was sourced from a company in brazil to

support road construction projects.

At a time that African governments are being encouraged to be transparent and build

systems that ensure accountability and trust, it seems strange that a president of a third

world country would take the hard earned foreign exchange of a country like Ghana,

with its emerging democratic credentials and deposit it in banks in Switzerland and

Spain. The Spanish angle raises eyebrows because according to our sources some

time ago some members of government including Mr Enoch Mensah, a Minister of

Employment and a close ally of President Mills visited the country on supposed

private business. One would like to believe they have nothing to do with the opening

of a certain deposit account in which 200,000 Euros has been deposited.

The Centre of Truth and Social Justice has sought clarification from the bank in Spain

but officials there would not comment. Further enquires were made at the Ministry of

Finance in Madrid but our contact drew a blank .

The Centre for Truth and Social Justice is very concerned about the increasing

financial traffic involving some members of the Ghanaian government and their

activities in Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the Czech Republic,

South Africa and South Korea. The Centre appeals to the country's Ministry of

Finance to build transparent and monitoring systems to prevent the misuse of public

funds and seek to prosecute anyone found acting in an improper manner.

DR RUFAI IBRAHIM ALHASSAN M.A.

Ibrahim4socialjustice@yahoo.co.uk

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