{"id":326648,"date":"2017-06-09T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T12:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326648"},"modified":"2017-06-09T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T12:26:25","slug":"ghc10000-chinese-donation-an-embarrassment-to-ghana-inusah-fuseini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/ghc10000-chinese-donation-an-embarrassment-to-ghana-inusah-fuseini\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghc10,000 Chinese donation an embarrassment to Ghana – Inusah Fuseini"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minority Spokesperson on Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has described the donation of GHc 10,000, among others items, to the Attorney General\u2019s office by the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana as\u00a0an insult to Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
Diplomatic ties notwithstanding, Alhaji Fuseini said the whole presentation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> should be viewed as an embarrassment to the country.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”U5sJYqIQLKUqP2A9kmlhrY2lxhKqdcoL”]Speaking to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku, the Tamale Central MP said, “I was not even looking at diplomatic niceties. It was an embarrassment. In fact, I was ridiculed. Why would any ambassador give GHc 10,000? What is GHc 10,000 to a whole institution of State.\u201d<\/p>\n The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana on Tuesday presented this GHc 10,000 donation and some office equipment to the Attorney General\u2019s office, to support the organisation of a stakeholders\u2019 consultative workshop, on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017.<\/p>\n Influence on <\/strong>galamsey<\/strong>\u00a0fight<\/strong><\/p>\n The donation was however met with some concerns from the public, and some civil society groups which highlighted the delicate dynamic between the two nations given the widespread involvement of Chinese nationals in the devastating illegal mining.<\/p>\n This followed a similar donation<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to the police service by the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies, raising concerns and suspicions from the public.<\/p>\n