{"id":385246,"date":"2017-12-21T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T17:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385246"},"modified":"2017-12-22T06:02:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:02:35","slug":"no-wrongdoing-by-trade-ministry-in-expatriates-saga-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/no-wrongdoing-by-trade-ministry-in-expatriates-saga-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"No wrongdoing by Trade Ministry in expatriates saga – Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Nana Akufo-Addo has found the allegations that the Trade and Industry Ministry extorted money from expatriates,<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0as part of the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards ceremony, baseless.<\/p>\n The Ministry was alleged to have charged between $25,000 and $100,000 to enable expatriates to\u00a0sit close to the President at\u00a0the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”7uPvFEK5fhoVSdPRZlvOZfZCRx50CYgX”]Following a query to the Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten,\u00a0demanding answers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0from him over the allegations, a statement from the\u00a0government has said\u00a0\u201cthe facts, as reported to the President, do not disclose any wrongdoing on the part of the Minister of any government official.\u201d<\/p>\n In view of this, the President has \u201ctherefore asked the Minister to put those facts before the Ghanaian people.\u201d<\/p>\n The Trade and Industry Ministry, and the President of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, which organised the awards, has already\u00a0denied the allegations,<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0which first came from the\u00a0Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak.<\/p>\n