Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has questioned the screening of the latest exposé of ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to the president before the widely-publicised screening at the Accra International Conference Center.
A Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Tuesday confirmed to journalists that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has watched the documentary titled Number 12: When Misconduct & Greed Become the Norm.
Mr Jinapor revealed that the president was not happy with the usage of his name by the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, as captured in the documentary; hence, his decision to report to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to have the football chief investigated.
In an interview with Media General’s Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah on Wednesday, the Member of Parliament for Nadowli/Kaleo said, “We were told that it will be aired on the 6th of June and all of a sudden some people have had the opportunity of viewing it before the 6th of June and no less a person than the Number One gentleman of the country.
“There are question marks to this.”
‘There is an issue there’
The documentary is said to have sent shivers down the spine of football administrators.
The head of the country’s football-governing body has already subjected himself to the CID investigations following his return to Ghana from Morocco.
Mr Bagbin claims the exposé should have been shown to the public first so that viewers can judge those to be charged with corruption if any.
Why are some people given that opportunity to see the documentary before the general public.
“There is an issue there. Who are those behind it?”
According to Ghana’s longest-serving lawmaker, corruption counts against a broad class including the giver and taker in any given situation, therefore “it is important for it to come out for all of us to see and to decide how this thing should be handled”.
“Should they all be investigated? Or one group of people should be investigated? Who are those involved? Is it just the President? Is it just the Vice? Is it just [Kwesi] Nyantakyi?
“There are so many questions without answers!”
Source: 3news.com
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We have people who use others's name for their own corr`upt deals . They often succeed by roping in influential people.
My take. People are making reference to Mills and Mahama watching the previous videos before they were aired. this is just like relating apples and oranges. In the previous videos, Mills and Mahama were not linked to any act of corruption but this yet to be aired video has the President's nae mention in it and that is the more reason why he(the president) was not supposed to see it. Ghana is an interesting country. Where is the investigation in that journalism?
I remember when Anas did his first video on the Customs Officers former Prez. Mills watched it first before it was aired if u car to know.
LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN...WE ARE NOT ***barred word*** TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.
MR. DOUBLE SALARY, DI WO FI ASEM. MAHAMA HAS DESTROYED YOU WITH THE DOUBLE SALARY. HE TRAPPED YOU AND YOU HAVE FALLEN INTO IT. YOUR ARE DEAD POLITICALLY. YOU ARE ONLY WAITING FOR YOUR BURIAL AND IMPRISONMENT.
i understand Mr. Bagbin but you see even the allege truth double salary you people says it is not true, so what can be true.My observation is that anytime an issue come up, it is always somebody can do something not that they should investigate. Is a worry and if we are not careful people will start not to trust anybody and that will affect our institutions because it is human being that are given authority to work there.
Hypocrisy or sheer ***barred word***? How come Bagbin did not see anything wrong with Anas showing his videos to Mills and Mahama respectively when he did similar investigations during their presidency? Bagbin is becoming fossilized and must quickly leave front-line politics to save himself further embarrassment.
Why? Is it the public that commissioned Anas to do the investigation? Anas can choose to show his video to anyone, he may even decide not to show it to the public, it is none of our business.
Nana Addo should be commended for this action. this is what Ghana has longed for. Decisive leadership at its best.
AM SO SURPRISED AT THE LONGEST SERVING LAW MAKER! AS A FATHER IN THE HOME, WHEN ISSUES HAPPEN IN YOUR HOME, DON'T YOUR WIFE DISCUSS FIRST WITH YOU BEFORE BRINGING IN THE CHILDREN OR FAMILY IF NECESSARY? ANYWAY, SOME PEOPLE WILL TALK B'COS THEY WANT TO BE HEARD. POLITICS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY IRRESPECTIVE. LONG LIVE GHANA.