Sammy Gyamfi, the National
Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress has challenged the
New Patriotic Party and President Akufo-Addo to sue him if they believe his
allegations against them with respect to the $40,000 bribery scandal are
untrue.
Sammy Gyamfi remains firm in his
belief that the supposed donation made to Nana Akufo-Addo by the wife of the
Executive Director of the Urban Roads is a bribe and not a mere donation as the
NPP purports.
Speaking at a press conference
on Friday, Sammy Gyamfi insisted that thorough checks and evidence gathered by
the NDC point to the fact that the video was indeed shot in 2017 and not 2016.
He accused the government of
intimidating media houses and dared them to take him to court if his claims are
without merit.
Listing a number of corruption
scandals which have hit the government, Sammy Gyamfi challenged the NPP and
some of its leading figures to sue him for defamation and desist from
threatening media houses with lawsuits.
“If all these things were lies
Sammy Gyamfi would have been sued by now. Sammy Gyamfi would have been found
liable of defamation by now. I started saying these things years ago, why
haven’t they sued me or any NDC person? Because it is the truth. They are
afraid. Why do they always go to the media organizations and not me? I’m daring
them, if it’s not true they should sue me and let’s meet in court”.
Sammy Gyamfi justified why the
NDC has been hitting on what the party considers to be corruption in the
Akufo-Addo led administration.
He explained that it is a duty of the party to protect the
public purse so that if they win power, they will have enough resources to
implement their policies.
“You can have the best plans and
policies in the world but you need money to execute those ideas and policies.
So, if you don’t safeguard the public purse and allow few people to steal the
money, no matter the ideas and policies, they will remain ideas, you cannot
implement them. That is why we are discussing corruption because it is at the
height of the development of this country. It is the bane of the development of
Ghana”.
As far as Sammy Gyamfi is
concerned, no one embodies corruption in this country than President
Akufo-Addo.
“What we are saying is that
President Akufo-Addo does not have the interest of this country at heart. He is
very corrupt and is the chief clearing agent of corrupt officials. He is the
embodiment of corruption”.
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