{"id":384787,"date":"2017-12-20T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384787"},"modified":"2017-12-20T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:56:45","slug":"nana-addo-writes-to-alan-over-alleged-trade-ministry-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/nana-addo-writes-to-alan-over-alleged-trade-ministry-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo writes to Alan over alleged Trade Ministry extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Nana Akufo-Addo has written to the Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, demanding answers from him over allegations that his ministry\u00a0charged expatriates<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0between $25,000 and $100,000 to enable them to\u00a0sit close to the President at an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n The President is seeking full disclosure on the matter, and has given the Minister until 5 pm today [Wednesday] to report to him.<\/p>\n Although the matter has\u00a0 been running for nearly a week,\u00a0President Akufo-Addo\u2019s summon comes a day after the fall out from allegations culminated in the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry,\u00a0Carlos Ahenkorah, clashing with<\/a><\/strong> the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in Parliament.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Trade and Industry has already dissociated itself from these allegations<\/a><\/strong><\/span> which first came from the\u00a0Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak.<\/p>\n Mr. Mubarak said the fees charged at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards (GEBA) were not approved by Parliament, adding that the monies were also not accounted for in the Internally Generated Funds [IGF] of the Ministry\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n