President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the board
of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to call for an emergency meeting
today to investigate claims that George Aboagye, GIPC Chief Executive, had
disbursed funds to a group called Volunteers for Mahama.
George Aboagye is alleged to have issued a cheque
for 4000 cedis in the name of the group on Tuesday, November 15.
A statement signed by the Communications Director
for John Mahama 2012 campaign, Hannah Tetteh described such conduct as
unacceptable and unethical.
Read full statement below:
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE JOHN MAHAMA 2012 CAMPAIGN
REGARDING SOLICITATION OF FUNDS BY VOLUNTEERS FOR MAHAMA
The John Mahama 2012 Campaign wishes to
disassociate itself from the recent actions of a group of campaigners referred
to as Volunteers for Mahama who have been canvassing for support for the John
Mahama 2012 Campaign.
While we do appreciate the support given by groups
such as Volunteers for Mahama, we do not subscribe to their request for funding
support from Government Agencies. We therefore wish to request the Group to
refund any money’s that they may have received from the Ghana Investment
Promotion Centre at once and certainly within 24 hours.
We further would like to bring to the attention of
all sympathizers, campaigners and affiliates of the NDC that soliciting funds
from State Organizations is unacceptable, unethical and we believe not to be in
line with the tenets of the Political Parties Act (Act 574).
In the circumstances we are instructing all our
sympathisers and affiliate organizatons not to solicit funds from any state
agencies or entities that do not conform to the provisions on party financing
in this Act. We take a very serious view of this conduct and consider it to be
unacceptable and we advise all those who are working for the success of our
campaign in the 2012 election to take note of this directive.
We encourage all our sympathizers and loyalists to
work hard for the success of the party in the 2012 election, in order that the
Party achieves resounding success in the upcomming elections which are not much
more than a week away. Let us continue to demonstrate to the People of Ghana
our commitment to be working for them.
Hanna S. Tetteh
Communications Director
John Mahama 2012 Campaign
Source: Adu Gyamfi Ameyaw
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