You should be in jail - Carlos Ahenkorah under fire over 'US$1 to GH¢50' comment

Social media users reacted angrily to a comment on the exchange rate trajectory, specifically the cedi to dollar rate, by a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, Carlos Ahenkorah.

While Ahenkorah's comment was economy-related, X users have referenced an incident in 2021 when the Tema West Member of Parliament disrupted the voting process for a new Speaker of Parliament.

Speaking during a discussion on UTV (May 27, 2024), Ahenkorah remarked, “With this dollar issue, I said that if not for the fact that NPP was in power, by now the dollar would have been GH¢50.00 against 1 dollar.

"This is because of the policy put in place by this government for the demand for the dollar to be this way, especially Gold for Oil. We would wish it was lower, but with the depreciation of 14 percent, it is far better than that of the NDC government.”

The comments as posted under UTV's post on X ranged from regret that despite his electoral crime on open TV, Ahenkorah continues to comment on topical national issues when the said crime has not been prosecuted.

Others lashed out at the media for platforming lawbreakers like the Tema West MP, whiles others lamented how and why people vote for the like of Ahenkorah in the first place.

ALI SIDI (@BELLOSIDI) an X user reacted to the comment thus: "You're free to talk this way because this wayward government failed to prosecute you when you broke COVID-19 protocols with impunity and snatched ballot papers, run, chewed and swallow them in the full glare of the public and on national television. So you think you have the license talk anyhow."

Kay Parker (@su_pre_mo) said: "What do you expect from a member of parliament who stole a ballot box and chewed the papers?"

Virgin@25 (@Kobbystr_) also joined in: "These politicians are just evil."

TWI NEWS

As of May 27, 2024, the Interbank forex rates from the Bank of Ghana indicate that the Ghana cedi is trading against the dollar at a buying price of 13.9480 and a selling price of 13.9620.

At a forex bureau in Accra, the dollar is being bought at 14.80 and sold at 15.00.

Against the Pound Sterling, the cedi is trading at a buying price of 17.7712 and a selling price of 17.7904.

In forex bureaus in Accra, the pound sterling is being bought at a rate of 19.00 and sold at 19.70.

The Euro is trading at a buying price of 15.1360 and a selling price of 15.1498.

This MP stole, run away and chewed ballot papers during the election of a Speaker in Parliament

This same MP had covid but left the isolation center unsupervised to a voter registration center

Dear Ghana media, Stop platforming law breakers https://t.co/AJctCr6ZrC

— Austine Woode (@obiMpenaAustine) May 27, 2024

If this country was working, this man would have been in solitary confinement rather than on TV. https://t.co/3JKaupyBqe

— Aamil (@niilexis) May 27, 2024

if this dude is within a serious jurisdiction where systems/laws work,he'd be in a penitentiary for what happened in parliament..

As usual he's enjoying the mileage of a weak parliament in a 3rd world country!

such a character should be blacklisted by the media! https://t.co/XY8cDcj5S1

— pkob (@papakwadjo) May 27, 2024

We saw this man grab ballot papers and chew them like he's a hungry goat.

Are we expected to respect anything that comes out of his mouth?

Let's be serious in this country pls https://t.co/hyJBpPnTHd

— Ugo C. Shege (@enyonvm) May 27, 2024

Someone who sought to cheat in an open election in Parliament by chewing ballot papers and bolting from colleague MPs can not be taken seriously. Certified lose talker!!!! https://t.co/wYgeUvK9Si

— Mirpuri (@InterBoyTM) May 27, 2024