Francis Poku Under Fire

…As Busia’s Daughter Accuses Him of Underhand Dealings
< Kufuor and Mpiani Unable to Deal with Complaint
The Minister for National Security, Mr. Francis Poku may soon be facing an investigative panel if a petition filed by Nana Frema Busia before CHRAJ and Parliamentary Select Committee on Defense and Interior is given the needed attention.

The petitioner, Nana Frema Busia, who describes herself as “Legal Counsel – National Security Council Secretariat, Technical Advisor/National Coordinator [Executive Director] Ghana National Commission on Small Arms”, confirmed to The Ghanaian Lens in a telephone interview yesterday that she has filed the petition before the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice.

The petition, a copy of which has been sighted by The Ghanaian Lens calls for investigations into the establishment of the National Small Arms Commission by the National Security Council.

The petitioner alleges among many other accusations that, “a probe of matters relating to the establishment of the National Small Arms Commission by the NSC [National Security Council] will reveal the following: abuse of power, conflict of interest, misrepresentation and arguable consequential fraud on the UNDP/donors, perpetrated hoax regarding an international recruitment by failure to make any contractual payments, misuse and misdirection of UN donor inputs, waste and duplicity, fabrication of records and dishonesty by the top brass of NSC including the Deputy Coordinator and Chief Director acting under instructions of the Minister, breach of contract, constructive unlawful termination, intimidation, vindictiveness, and sheer protracted wickedness, causing financial loss and general lack of integrity.”

According the petition, “this matter was reported to President Kufuor on July 2 2005, a full disclosure with complement of documents have been submitted to the Chief of Staff and Minister for Presidential Affairs since July 5th 2005 on the President’s directive.”

However, “one year and five months later and several interactions at the Presidency, the chief of staff appears unable to deal with this matter,” the petition reveals.

“Whatever happened to the presidential policy of acting on the evidence,” the petitioner queried in the petition.

As at the time of going to press, strenuous efforts by The Ghanaian Lens to get a reaction from the National Security Minister proved futile.