Rumor Mill of Friday, 6 June 2003

Source: Kofi Asante Awuah

How Our Embassy Got Stuck In Container (5)

Ghana Embassy in Germany, Berlin is currently housed in a container. People blame the Embassy staff for it, but I hear it is not their fault. The rumour is that a businessman in Accra called Mr. Asiedu who has connections with the NPP was made to be the supervisor of the work on the Embassy building and that he is the one who has caused the delay in the work.

There are rumours that he has not paid the contractor, which is why the work has been suspended for four months now. According to the rumours spreading here, the contractor herself (a lady) confirmed this to some concerned Ghanaians who used the information on the big construction signboard in front of the Embassy building to trace her.

Ghanaians in Germany want the Embassy or the government to tell us what is happening because this is supposed to be the era of zero tolerance for corruption and people have gone to prison for CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE. What about this Asiedu man? Isn’t every day spent hiring the containers a financial loss to Ghana? Or he won’t go to prison because he is an NPP man? What about the disgrace Ghana is suffering here because of its container Embassy?