Ken Agyapong: CEO of Kenpong Travel and Tours |
The two Travel & Tours companies seem to have had enough of the falsehood peddled around by some government officials regarding the alleged maltreatment of the supporters who were airlifted to cheer up the Black Stars, before the elimination of the team in the ongoing FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Following the fiasco of the players to qualify to the Round of 16 in the World Cup, Ghanaians have chided the Football administration over the poorly organized and motivated effort to make a good mark in the tournament.
Kenpong’s Story
The Chief Executive of Kenpong Travel & Tours, Mr. Kennedy Agyapong in an interview with host of Peace FM's flagship programme “kokrokoo”, accused Hon. Elvis Ankrah of usurping the mandate of the Travel & Tours.
According to him, after airlifting 270 passengers to Brazil on the ticket of government, the former Minister arrogated to himself some organizational responsibilities regarding the sponsorship of the supporters to the World Cup.
He therefore ascribed the poor organization for the supporters in Brazil to the behaviour of the former Minister.
Also addressing the issue on Peace FM, the Director of Finance in charge of arrangements for Kenpong Travel & Tours, Mr. George Amoako, government authorized them to fly the supporters to Brazil, organize internal transportations and also ensure better accommodation for them but "a lot of the arrangements were cancelled…the accommodation for the passengers. It was cancelled and the Ministry said they were going to accommodate the passengers themselves. The arrangement we made for the accommodation were cancelled.”
He further revealed that the agency received "not even a penny" to undertake its responsibilities, adding that it was at the last minute, that they met as Committee to find money to do the internal transportation for the supporters because “there was no money to enable us keep to our schedules…At the later stages in our discussions, they took the accommodation out of the deal.”
He disclosed that the Ministry is indebted to the agency and therefore prayed it remits the debt.
About 3 million dollars, he said, was budgeted to cater for the supporters but plans changed when they reached Brazil.
"...nobody said he was going to pre-finance 3 million dollars before we get paid. Nobody said that; how are we going to find 3 million dollars to pre-finance this?”
Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, who was not in his usual cool element, expressed disappointment in Hon. Elvis Ankrah for refusing to amicably resolve the conflict.
"For almost one and half months to two months, he (Elvis) refused to answer my phone calls and gave excuses of being busy. Kwadwo Adu-Asare, a member of the committee instituted by the ministry and other committee members all refused to answer our phone calls.
“When you call him, he won’t pick up. If you call Adu Asare, he also does not pick up. If you call anybody, they won’t answer the phone. Even one pesewa has not been given to us and even tickets that we issued to them for their own arrangements in Brazil, about $52000, they’ve not paid. Whenever we call them, they’re busy. So, they took over the job and that is why we have such financial misappropriation.”
Africa Origin’s Anger
Samson Deen: CEO of Africa Origin Travels and Sports Tourism |
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Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana |
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