Opinions of Saturday, 4 December 2010

Columnist: Tawiah, Francis

NDC Vrs. NPP, 1: 1 Draw ....

.... Dr. Anane Was Re-appointed By Kufuor, Mills Will Also Re-appoint Muntaka

Will Mills call Muntaka back?

Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed, Member of Parliament of Asawase and former Minster of Youth and Sports, has said he is ready to serve the country if he is reappointed as a Minister by President Mills.

According to him, he is prepared to contribute his quota in ensuring the better Ghana Agenda the NDC promised Ghanaians is fulfilled.

Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak who resigned as Sports Minister over an allegation of abuse of office has been cleared by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) of abuse of office.

The commission says the complainant had no credibility in his evidence to support claims of abuse of office by the former minister, Muntaka.

The Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF) dragged Muntaka Mohammed to CHRAJ following allegations that he (minister) illegally acquired a visa for a lady friend (?) and therefore engaged in corruption.

Speaking on “Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen” program, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak said he is very happy to have been cleared of the allegations that he included Ms. Edith Zinayela on an official trip to Germany as his personal secretary without the approval of the management of the Ministry.

He added that he is also grateful and thankful to God for keeping him alive to see the prevalence of justice, also to CHRAJ for conducting an intensive investigation into the matter.

Muntaka noted that the previous investigations conducted on the allegations were not done properly.

The Commission cleared the former minister of only one out of the about 15 allegations leveled against him. The rest could not be looked into because the principal witnesses were not available to testify on behalf of the complainants.
So, now that Muntaka is (so said to be) clean and claimed innocent, is the President taking him back to draw the NDC game against the NPP? (Kufuor called ANANE back & Mills too calls MUNTAKA back) “GOOD FOR GEESE, GOOD FOR GANDER”
FRANCIS TAWIAH (Duisburg – Germany)