Former Chief of Staff in the John Agyekum Kufuor Regime, Kwadwo Mpiani, has described the life of chairman of the then Provisional National Defence Council, Jerry John Rawlings as a mockery of what he preached.
Mr Mpiani has described Rawlings’ killing of people for taking and failing to pay state loans of 50 cedis but turning around to collect $2 million dollars, an equivalent of 200 Billion cedis, from Sani Abacha as a gift to Ghana without accounting for it, is a mockery of “Probity and Accountability”.
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According to him, Rawlings’ whole life is a mockery of his mantra of “Probity and Accountability” which has found its way as the credo of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“Killing people for using their positions to take loans of ¢50,000?”, Mr Mpiani asked in total shock.
Mr Mpiani recounted how Rawlings took money on behalf of the people of Ghana from Abacha, a former Nigerian Kleptocrat and instead of placing the money into the account of the state, he pocketed it.
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“He [Rawlings] initially came back protesting when Hackman Owusu Agyemang brought the issue up in Parliament in 1998 but later came back to say he collected $2 million … so what is it about probity and accountability?” Mpiani asked JoyNews’ Raymond Acquah in an interview.
He questioned how the money was used, especially when according to him, Rawlings has killed many people for lesser offences.
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“Which state department did the money go to? Fortunately for us, as a state we have an account where state monies collected are put, so which of them was the money put into?’ he asked rhetorically.
Rawlings himself has been silent on how the money was used except to say that it was not 5 million but rather 2million United States dollars.