The Editor in Chief of the Crusading Guide newspaper has described as a “storm in a tea cup” allegations of corruption against two Chiefs of Staff by a member of the New Patriotic Party and musician Kwame Obeng Asare, popularly called A Plus.
Kweku Baako Jnr said but for the controversial leaked tape recording, the allegations made by A Plus, against Abu Jinapor and Boakye Asenso, were distortions exaggerations.
In a revealing comment on Joy FM Saturday, Kweku Baako Jnr said A Plus appears to have been appointed officially or unofficially as the Special Aide to the acting CEO of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital but stopped short of suggesting he was protecting his own selfish interest as far this whole scandal is concerned.
Malik Baako Jnr broke down to every detail the source of the scandal between A Plus and the two Chiefs of Staff- the Korle Bu scandal-which has since seen a new twist in a leaked tape controversy.
The beginning
According to Kweku Baako Jnr the scandal began after the management of Korle Bu Teaching decided to abrogate a revenue collection contract it had with Unibank.
The contract had to be abrogated because Stanbic Bank was also doing the same job for the Hospital and Korle Bu was uncomfortable having two banks performing the same job.
However the decision to abrogate the contract with the Unibank did not go down well with the Ghanaian owned bank whose officials decided to petition the Vice President and the Chief of Staff on July 12, 2017.
The bank believed due process was not followed in the award of contract to their competitors Stanbic and demanded the presidency to intervene.
Kweku Baako Jnr said when the matter was brought to the attention of the Chief of Staff, the two Deputies in the office, particularly Boakye Asenso was convinced the decision to select Stanbic ahead of Unibank was not transparent.
The Chiefs of Staff believed Stanbic had been favoured at the expense of a local bank without any due process. The two, concluded that the decision taken by the Korle Bu management was irregular and unsustainable, particularly in the absence of the Board.
The position taken by the two persons did not go down well with A Plus who then began waging a crusade and an allegation of corruption against the two. Kweku Baako Jnr brought a copy of a report A Plus submitted to the Police CID in which he stated that he did not at any point accuse the two Chiefs of Staff of collecting bribes.
However he accused the two of using their positions to favour Unibank at the expense and interest of the public.
Baako quoted A Plus’ report as saying Jinapor and Asenso Boakye are favouring Unibank because, the local bank contributed to the NPP campaign ahead of the 2016 elections.
That for him [A Plus] smacks of corruption by the two Chiefs of Staff.
He did not however give any evidence of corruption or wrongdoing by the two gentlemen.
On that aspect, the ace journalist said the allegations by A Plus was nothing but “hot air” except that the new twist which is the leaked tape controversy has to be investigated more.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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TOOO MUCH CORRUPTION UNDER NANA ADDO ; the fact is that a ***barred word*** musician and a donkey like A-plus is accorded the hospitality of Nana Addo and the idiotic full is only taking the opportunity of damaging the NPP and Nana Addo for his selfish ends but then Nana Addo does nothing ; how can a musician be awarded an oil contract when the guy have no clue as to how the industry operates ;how can a musician be allowed to used as a PR errand boy in the serious matter of revenue collection at KB when the government is seeking to sttrean line revenue collection same happened under Jon Mahama when an assistant of Mensah -Nunoo is awarded a contract import ambulances when the man has no clue as how an anbulane looks like ; WHAT A MESS : NANA ADDO should refrain himself these so called darling boys and before like a President not a mafia GOON !!!!!in charge of a kriminal bunch of gang members because Nana Addo should be told the amount; list and perception of CORRUPTION IN YOUR GOVERNMENT IS PILING UP ; it only 9 months and we have a string of corrupt activities going on right under your noses ; DO SOMETHING NOW -NANA ADDO !!!!!!
After listening to Mr Baako today, I'm absolutely convinced that the the chief executive officer of Korlebu (Dr Anyaah) is the main brain behind all what the greedy musician (A-plus) is doing. The earlier the NPP acts and "Afokolize" the two spoilers, the better it will be for the party and government. A word to the wise......
Thank you, Mr Baako for the time spent to find the truth. Please, can you find out why young Ghanaians who have past the Ghana Navy entry examination have to pay Ghc 600 for their medicals. Also, once you pass the medicals, candidates are to pay Ghc 900 for interview.My questions are; 1.Will the money be refunded if a candidate is found not medically fit to join? 2.How can the navy ensure qualified candidate who can not raise these amounts join. Thank you.
I used to admire this guy called A Plus because of his frankness but now I can see he is just a greedy and selfish fellow. I hope NPP thinks twice and take that BOST contract away from him. He doesn't deserve it.
I have said before that this A-Plus talks too much. If care is not taken he will bring confusion to the party. It’s time for politicians to do politics of issues and stop seeking cheap propagandist to do their bid for them. This is a lesson to you all. If a politician knows what he’s about, he/she won’t need Miss Bell and the likes of A-Plus, etc.,etc., to do the bidding for them.
Such a straight forward matter should not attracted such a ***barred word*** from A-plus.
A Plus is a uselesssssss man. very very sttttuuupid
Stop spinning for npp thieeves.