ANXIETY AND shock have rocked the castle, the seat of government, following the unraveling of a scandal at the President’s office by the Chronicle yesterday (dossier). The paper has learnt that top men at the Presidency were nosing around trying to locate the source of the leakage of the goings-on at castle to the press.
Investigations indicated that the Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani had summoned a marathon meeting of all castle staff yesterday for questioning, immediately the Chronicle broke the news in its lead story.
The story gave a chilling account of forgery of signatures of ministers of state on letterheads originating from the President’s office as government guarantee of loans for Emrate Investment Limited, a private company run by Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, Moctoar Bamba and Raymond Akuffo, the unsuccessful New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Upper West Akyem constituency in the 2000 elections.
The two personalities were said to be at the center of the scandal in which the signature of the Minister for Private Sector Development, Kwamena Bartels was forged in one of the letters emanating from the office of the President for the acquisition of a private loan two years ago.
The two denied responsibility for the fraudulent activity in separate interviews, with Bamba describing Akuffo, self- styled MP, as a “thief” and the one who forged the signature of the minister.
Akuffo was said to have introduced himself officially to banks, business partners and other government institutions as the MP for the Upper West Akyem constituency and a high-ranking member of the Finance Committee of Parliament.
He was further said to have told the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), two years ago that he was an employee in the Office of the President and subsequently worked in the office of the Deputy Minister an assertion that was vehemently denied by Hon. Bamba.
The Deputy Minister indicated that he was trying to help Akuffo, being a member of the NPP party when the Chronicle pressed him on his status as director, shareholder and secretary in Emirate Investment Limited, a company registered soon after the 2000 election and which had been caught up in several fraudulent cases.
ANXIETY AND shock have rocked the castle, the seat of government, following the unraveling of a scandal at the President’s office by the Chronicle yesterday (dossier). The paper has learnt that top men at the Presidency were nosing around trying to locate the source of the leakage of the goings-on at castle to the press.
Investigations indicated that the Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani had summoned a marathon meeting of all castle staff yesterday for questioning, immediately the Chronicle broke the news in its lead story.
The story gave a chilling account of forgery of signatures of ministers of state on letterheads originating from the President’s office as government guarantee of loans for Emrate Investment Limited, a private company run by Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, Moctoar Bamba and Raymond Akuffo, the unsuccessful New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Upper West Akyem constituency in the 2000 elections.
The two personalities were said to be at the center of the scandal in which the signature of the Minister for Private Sector Development, Kwamena Bartels was forged in one of the letters emanating from the office of the President for the acquisition of a private loan two years ago.
The two denied responsibility for the fraudulent activity in separate interviews, with Bamba describing Akuffo, self- styled MP, as a “thief” and the one who forged the signature of the minister.
Akuffo was said to have introduced himself officially to banks, business partners and other government institutions as the MP for the Upper West Akyem constituency and a high-ranking member of the Finance Committee of Parliament.
He was further said to have told the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), two years ago that he was an employee in the Office of the President and subsequently worked in the office of the Deputy Minister an assertion that was vehemently denied by Hon. Bamba.
The Deputy Minister indicated that he was trying to help Akuffo, being a member of the NPP party when the Chronicle pressed him on his status as director, shareholder and secretary in Emirate Investment Limited, a company registered soon after the 2000 election and which had been caught up in several fraudulent cases.
