Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated his support and confidence in the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Ghana, Mr. Marwan Traboulsi after the latter was accused to be involved in a dubious contract deal by leading member of the governing NPP, Kennedy Agyapong.
According to the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, the former President and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings are using their influence to shield Traboulsi Marwan’s ‘dubious’ airport cargo contract from being reviewed, as the said contract is a rip-off of the Republic of Ghana and has been running since July 2012 when it was signed.
He also claimed that Mr, Traboulsi was abusing the said contract with national security officials at the airport looking on helplessly because of the ‘powers’ behind the businessman.
The outspoken MP further asserted that the aviation businessman was in the habit of “throwing his weight” around the Airport and being arrogant to even national security officials to the extent of them being denied entry to search his Cargo yard “because he is a crony to the former President Rawlings and his wife”.
But responding to allegations while addressing some party faithful at the Arts Centre on Saturday, Mr. Rawlings, not mincing his words, described Marwan Traboulsi as a “brilliant and efficient personality who turned around cargo handling operations at the airport.”
“I will defend him any day as one of the most efficient and brilliant minds that I have come across. He was one of the first to go into large-scale farming and the export of pineapples during the revolution. Others did the same but his operations were so efficient that he was doing much better than some of the others. He later secured an aircraft that not only exported his produce but that of other farmers,” Flt Lt Rawlings said.
“Traboulsi later left farming and diversified into cargo handling where his efficiency won him a bid to manage cargo handling at the airport. “His efficiency level was so high we could beat South Africa by 30 minutes in cargo handling operations. Today some want to spoil the names of good people just like we do in our party,” the former President stated.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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Marwari is a very good business. Just don't. Mind them
SO WHAT WILL KEN AGYAPONG DO NOW?
IN OUR WORLD IGNORANNNT IDIOOTS WILL ALWAYS BE IGNORANNT.HOW CAN WE BE LITTLE KENNEDY AGYAPONG FOR DOING A SERVICE TO GHANAIANS.ARE YOU AWARE THAT THESE LEBANESE SYPHONE OUR GOLD AND DIMONDS EXPECIALLY THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HAS NO CONTROL TO CHECK HIS CARGO FACILITIES? IN THE DAYS GONE THEY USED TO SMUGGLE OUR GOLD AND DIAMONDS IN THEIR DEAD COLLEAGUES UNDER THE THE PRETENCE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE BURIED IN LEBANON KNOWING THAT GHANAIANS ARE SO SCARED OF DEAD BODIES AND WILL EXAMINE IT BEFORE BEING SENT OUTSIDE. RAWLINGS IS A ***barred word*** AND A CROOK. THIS COMPANY MIGHT EVEN BE FOR HIM.BRENYA THINK AND THINK WELL. THAT IS WHY WE ARE POOR IN OUR OWN COUNTRY WHILES THESE FAKE WHITE PEOPLE RUB US DRY.ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
PAPA J YOU ALWAYS THE BEST LET THEM SCRAMBLE WITH THEIR HEADS AND THINK GHANA IS FOR THEM. KENNEDY AGYEPONG YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL. THE NOISE IS JUST LIKE A DRUMBEAT IN THE AIR. MONEY WASN'T CREATED FOR YOU ALONE. JUST GO TO SLEEP AND THINK ABOUT IT. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE KNOWS J.J DOESN'T MAKE HIM OR HER A BAD PERSON. PLEASE JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN BUT DON'T BRING PEOPLE DOWN BECAUSE OF POLITICS. IF YOU SAY YOUR HOUSE IS THE FAR SOMEONE'S IS JUST BEHIND YOURS. KOFI KINATTA. GOOD NITE MY AGYEPONG THE BRAGGAT.