News:
May 11, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie has rubbished claims by Herbert Mensah a friend of the former first family (Rawlingses) that President John Evans Attah Mills is spending between a whopping 90 million Ghana cedis to prosecute his campaign for the presidential candidate slot of the NDC.
According to Mr Mensah, security tapes and other intelligence that he together with the Rawlingses have gathered indicate that President Mills intends to share this huge sum of monies among party delegates to woo them to vote for him in the upcoming NDC Congress during which the party’s flag bearer will be elected for the 2012 elections.
The ruling National Democratic Congress will go to Congress in July 2011, to elect its Presidential candidate for the 2012 election, a contest which promises to be keenly contested between President John Attah Mills, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and Dr Spio Garbrah.
Contributing to a discussion on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem show, the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central Theophilus Tetteh Chaie stated that the allegation against President Mills is totally baseless and must be treated with the contempt that it deserves.
He said it was preposterous for anyone to think that President Mills who is well known for his modest live style will expend such huge sums of monies to prosecute his campaign.
“Just before Parliament goes on recess, the government of Ghana had to contract a loan of 85 million dollars from a financial organization just to enable us build more educational infrastructure, knowing Professor Mills, if he had such monies he would have used it to develop Ghana’’ he said.
Hon. Tetteh Chaie deplored the accusation and counter-accusation among the campaign teams of the contestants as it does not auger well for the unity of the NDC party which is cardinal for winning the 2012 elections.
Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh