Attorney General demands apology from Okudzeto Ablakwa for peddling falsehood
Following the recent allegations the MP for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa made against the Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame, over the controversial National Cathedral project, an unenthused Attorney General has called on Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to retract the allegations of conflict of interest levelled against him.
He is demanding an apology from the lawmaker for peddling falsehoods against him.
Ablakwa claimed that Godfred Yeboah Dame had been registered as Secretary of the National Cathedral Board while serving as a board member of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) that approved the contract for the project design.
“It is quite revealing to observe that when the National Cathedral was incorporated on 18th July 2019; the then Deputy AG, Godfred Dame was registered as Secretary. During that same period, he served on the board of the PPA which approved Adjaye’s irregular sole sourcing contract,” Mr Ablakwa wrote on Facebook.
But the AG finds these allegations problematic due to their untrue nature. He is therefore asking the MP to withdraw the unsavoury comments or be sued.
According to Godfred Dame, these completely dishonest allegations by the legislator have spurred the general public to make similar claims, either out of ignorance or mischief.
“I consider the allegations by Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa malevolent and ill-inspired for the simple reason that a cursory examination of the facts would have revealed the untruth in them. I call on the Member of Parliament to retract and apologize to the public for the falsehood he has published against me, failing which I may institute legal action against him,” Mr Dame said in a statement.
